An Important Matter of Principle: The Decline of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

ISBN-13: 9781138610675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 218 str.

David Seawright

Opis

First published in 1999, this book examines the dramatic decline of the Conservative Party in Scotland through testing hypotheses including that the party had lost its Protestant base, suffered for its opposition to devolution and become too right wing for a normally progressive Scottish electorate.

Recenzje

’...a fascinating and important study of the Scottish Conservatives. It challenges orthodox interpretations and offers new insights into the party’s decline. The accepted wisdom will have to be revised or, at least, refashioned following David Seawright’s work.’ Professor James Mitchell, author, 'Conservatives and the Union',

Spis treści

1. Changes in Organisational Structure. 2. Factions and Tendencies. 3. Social Structure. 4. Religious Cleavage: An Elite/Mass Level Divide? 5. Religious Dealignment? 6. Devolution, a Scottish Card? 7. The Unionist Party. 8. The Imperial Factor. 9. Social Democratic Culture or the ‘Economy Stupid’? 10. The Scottish Press.

O autorze

David Seawright