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Book SynopsisAddresses issues of national identity and nationalism in Scotland from a political and linguistic perspective.
Trade ReviewA clear, precise, observant, politically nuanced analysis of the many different kinds of nationalism and national identity in Scotland, the ways they are expressed and the political behaviour to which they give rise. This book is a treat, and an education too. -- Murray Pittock, author of The Road to Independence? Leith and Soule's work, given how solitary it is on the market, will prove most important in the next few years when it is assumed the campaign for an independent Scotland will accelerate. British Politics and Policy at LSE Blog A clear, precise, observant, politically nuanced analysis of the many different kinds of nationalism and national identity in Scotland, the ways they are expressed and the political behaviour to which they give rise. This book is a treat, and an education too. Leith and Soule's work, given how solitary it is on the market, will prove most important in the next few years when it is assumed the campaign for an independent Scotland will accelerate.
Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface 4 Chapter 1: Whose nationalism is it anyway? 7 Chapter 2: The Politics of Contemporary Scottish Nationalism 29 Chapter 3: The changing sense of Scotland: the political employment of national identity 62 Chapter 4: Nationalism's metaphor: the discourse and grammar of national personification 97 Chapter 5: Mass Perceptions of National Identity: Evidence from Survey Data 128 Chapter 6: Narratives of identity: Locating national identity in the publics' discourse 151 Chapter 7: The Scottish Political Elite View of National Identity 181 Chapter 8: (Re)describing Scottish national identity 210 References 234 Appendix 252
