Download or read book An Important Matter of Principle written by David Seawright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, this book examines the dramatic decline of the Conservative Party in Scotland. In 1955 the party secured over 50 per cent of the Scottish vote. At the last election it won a mere 17 per cent of the vote, losing its representation at Westminster in the process. But, until the publication of this work and despite its importance, relatively little was known about why the Conservative Party had declined so precipitously in Scotland. Many of the explanations for the party’s decline had largely remained untested. These included 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. Using a unique collection of survey data, this work casts doubt on all three claims. Thus, this book makes a major academic contribution and examines, what for the Scottish Unionists, was An Important Matter of Principle.
Download or read book Ruth Davidson s Conservatives The Scottish Tory Party 2011 19 written by David Torrance and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Conference written by Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Important Matter of Principle written by David Seawright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, this book examines the dramatic decline of the Conservative Party in Scotland. In 1955 the party secured over 50 per cent of the Scottish vote. At the last election it won a mere 17 per cent of the vote, losing its representation at Westminster in the process. But, until the publication of this work and despite its importance, relatively little was known about why the Conservative Party had declined so precipitously in Scotland. Many of the explanations for the party's decline had largely remained untested. These included 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. Using a unique collection of survey data, this work casts doubt on all three claims. Thus, this book makes a major academic contribution and examines, what for the Scottish Unionists, was An Important Matter of Principle.
Download or read book Whatever Happened to Tory Scotland written by David Torrance and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history and ideas of the Scottish Conservative Party since its creation in 1912
Download or read book The Conservatives in crisis written by Mark Garnett and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The Conservative Party's survival as a significant political force was now open to serious question for the first time since the crisis over the Corn Laws. The Labour Party has commanded a fairly consistent level of attention, whether in office or in opposition. But it seems that the Conservatives are fated to be regarded either as unavoidable or irrelevant. This book presents an analysis that suggests that the party leader plays a less important role in Conservative recoveries than a distinctive policy programme and an effective party organization. It examines the Conservative position on a series of key issues, highlighting the difficult dilemmas which confronted the party after 1997, notably on economic policy. New Labour's acceptance of much of the main thrust of Thatcherite economic policy threw the Conservatives off balance. The pragmatism of this new position and the 'In Europe, not run by Europe' platform masked a significant move towards Euro-skepticism. The book also traces how the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Parties adapted to the creation of the Scottish Parliament, exploring the re-organisation of the Scottish party, its electoral fortunes and political prospects in the new Scottish politics. It examines issues of identity and nationhood in Conservative politics in the 1997-2001 period, focusing on the 'English Question' and the politics of 'race'. The predictable results of the Conservatives' failure to develop an attractive, consistent narrative are then analysed. Right-wing populist parties with charismatic leaders enjoyed some electoral success under the proportional representation systems in 2002.
Download or read book Conservatives and the Union written by James Mitchell and published by Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the history and ideology of Conservatism in Scotland, this study examines the Party's increasing unpopularity in the 1980s, and analyzes why Thatcherism has been unable to extend into a Scotland suffering from a supposedly debilitating "dependency culture".
Download or read book Scotland First written by Conservative Party (Scotland) and published by . This book was released on 1999* with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Parties written by David Torrance and published by EUP. This book was released on 2023-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have the Scottish Conservatives influenced Scottish politics?
Download or read book Strange Associations written by Catriona Burness and published by John Donald. This book was released on 2003 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Conservative Party in Scotland has often been unpopular, and this electoral unpopularity has conspired to ensure its neglect by political historians. This book helps to plug the gap with its study of an important phase in the history of Scottish Conservatism, the making of Scottish Unionism between 1886 and 1918.
Download or read book Scottish Conservative Unionist Party written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Website includes constituency results and literature, regional results and literature, general party election literature.
Download or read book The Decline of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 1950 1992 written by David Seawright and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Standing Up for Scotland written by Torrance David Torrance and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Torrance reassesses the relationship between 'nationalism' and 'unionism' in Scottish politics, challenging a binary reading of the two ideologies with the concept of 'nationalist unionism'. Scottish nationalism did not begin with the SNP in 1934, nor was it confined to political parties that desired independent statehood. Rather, it was more dispersed, with the Liberal, Conservative and Labour parties all attempting to harness Scottish national identity and nationalism between 1884 and 2014, often with the paradoxical goal of strengthening rather than ending the Union. The book combines nationalist theory with empirical historical and archival research to argue that these conceptions of Scottish nationhood had much more in common with each other than is commonly accepted.
Download or read book Decline of the Scottish Conservative Party written by Colin Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unionist Scotland 1800 1997 written by Catriona M. M. Macdonald and published by John Donald. This book was released on 1998 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The roots of Unionism as both a political and philosophical movement are the subject of this compilation that seeks to clarify the true complexity of Scottish political culture and the nature of the much-debated "Scottish identity".
Download or read book Miscellaneous Campaign Literature Produced for Use by Candidates of the Scottish Conservative Unionist Party written by Conservative Party (Scotland) and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
