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AUTHOR
Claire Breniaux
National Identity and Young People’s Political Engagement in Scotland
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Scottish Identity and Young Scots for Independence/SNP Students’ Nationalism
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Young Scottish Party Members’ Discourse about National Identity
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Le Scottish National Party et l'identité écossaise : une relation singulière
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De la dévolution à l’indépendance ? L’Écosse après l’ouverture du Parlement de Holyrood en 1999
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Young Scottish National Party Members’ Perceptions of Scotland and the United Kingdom
This paper explores young Scottish National Party (SNP) members’ views of Scotland and the United Kingdom. It is based on the analysis of the results of an online survey and interviews with young SNP members about their political engagement and their understanding of national identity, which we carried out from 2018 to 2020. Our study focuses especially on how the members of Young Scots for Independence (YSI) and SNP Students, the youth and student wings of the SNP, perceive the Scottish nation and the UK. This paper reflects upon the way these young people define Scottishness and Scottish society. It also discusses the role of national identity in their campaign for independence. Do they w…
Young Scottish National Party (SNP) Members’ National Identity and Party Membership
Scotland’s future in the United Kingdom seems to be uncertain. Even though a majority of Scottish people voted to remain in the UK in 2014, the EU referendum two years later fuelled the independence movement in Scotland. Scholars show that the Scottish independence referendum encouraged people to join political parties, particularly the Scottish National Party. This work focuses on young people. Party membership scholars agree that they are underrepresented in parties. Given that the SNP seem to be rather successful in appealing to young people, this thesis explores SNP youth membership and the reasons why young Scots make the decision to join the party. It shows that Scottish independence …
Young Scottish National Party Members and National Identity
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Young People, Nationalism and National Identity in Scotland
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Le Scottish National Party et l’identité écossaise : une relation singulière
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Young Scottish Nationalists’ Perceptions of Scotland and the Union
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