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There is a sustained interest amongst students of British politics, as well as an informed public, about the future state of the United Kingdom. The issue at stake is whether the UK’s multinational institutions can endure the challenge of political nationalism, especially in Scotland. This has become known as the British Question. This book is designed as both a framework text – setting out concepts by which to understand the British Question – and a synthetic text – providing a digest of significant academic work on historical, conceptual and political matters relevant to that question. The value of the book is its unique focus on the character, resources and function of the United Kingdom as a whole.

Table of Contents

Part I Histories
1 Providence
2 Endism
3 Dry Wall
Part II Themes
4 Identity and allegiance
5 Instrumental politics
6 Fifth nation
Part III Agendas
7 Institutional directions of travel
8 The matter of England
9 Respect and independence
10 Concluding remarks

The British Question

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 22 March 2017
      ISBN-13 9781526117007
      978-1526117007
      ISBN-10 1526117002

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      There is a sustained interest amongst students of British politics, as well as an informed public, about the future state of the United Kingdom. The issue at stake is whether the UK’s multinational institutions can endure the challenge of political nationalism, especially in Scotland. This has become known as the British Question. This book is designed as both a framework text – setting out concepts by which to understand the British Question – and a synthetic text – providing a digest of significant academic work on historical, conceptual and political matters relevant to that question. The value of the book is its unique focus on the character, resources and function of the United Kingdom as a whole.

      Table of Contents

      Part I Histories
      1 Providence
      2 Endism
      3 Dry Wall
      Part II Themes
      4 Identity and allegiance
      5 Instrumental politics
      6 Fifth nation
      Part III Agendas
      7 Institutional directions of travel
      8 The matter of England
      9 Respect and independence
      10 Concluding remarks

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