Ruth Davidson's Conservatives: The Scottish Tory Party, 2011-19

ISBN-13: 9781474455633 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 244 str.

David Torrance

Opis

This book, which brings together leading academics and analysts, examines the extraordinary revival of the Scottish Conservative Party between 2011 and Ruth Davidson's shock resignation in 2019.

Spis treści

Notes on the Contributors; List of Tables; 'Ruth Davidson’s Conservatives’, 2011–19, David Torrance; Tory revival in Scotland? Recent evidence, future prospects, Mark Diffley; ‘We’ in Scotland or ‘she’ in Scotland? Scottish Conservative manifesto discourse during the Davidson era, Murray Stewart Leith; ‘Standing up for Scotland’ at Westminster?, Paris Gourtsoyannis; The Scottish Conservatives and local government, Lauren Toner, Chrysa Lamprinakou and Neil McGarvey; ‘A lesbian with family values’: gender and sexuality in Ruth Davidson’s leadership of the contemporary Scottish Conservative Party, Jennifer Thomson; Riding the unionist wave: Ruth Davidson, the media and the re-emergence of the Scottish Conservatives, David Patrick; The Conservative ‘territorial code’ under strain, Richard Hayton; The Scottish Conservative Party and the three unionisms, Alan Convery; Scottish Conservatism and Northern Ireland: Mapping an ambivalent relationship, Jonathan Evershed; The Scottish Conservatives and Europe: The reluctant Brexit party, Anthony Salamone; A tale of two nationalisms: Scottish nationalism and unionism in the age of disruption, Gerry Hassan.