Scottish democracy in a time of nationalism

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 56-70

  Gallagher, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

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References (23)

1. For the roots of pro-Union nationalism, see Colin Kidd, Union and Unionisms: Political Thought in Scotland, 1500-2000 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
2. See the report of the Steel Commission, Moving to Federalism: A New Settlement for Scotland (Edinburgh: Liberal Democrat Party, 2006), 117.
3. Jason Allardyce and Julia Belgutay, "Welcome to the People's Republic of Scotland," Sunday Times (London), 11 January 2009; available at www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5489138.ece.
4. For the psychological roots of this deep social malaise, see Carol Craig, The Scots' Crisis of Confidence (Glasgow: Big Thinking, 2005).
5. Lindsay Paterson, "Social Capital and Institutional Reform," in John Curtice et al., eds., New Scotland, New Society? Are Social and Political Ties Fragmenting? (Edinburgh: Polygon, 2002), 25.
6. Douglas Fraser, "The Honeymoon Is Far from Over as Salmond's Stock Keeps Rising," The Herald (Scotland), 17 March 2008.
7. Jenny Hjul, "Financial Meltdown Leaves Nationalist Vision in Tatters," Sunday Times (London), 12 October 2008.
8. On the Icelandic banking collapse, see Michael Lewis, "Frozen Assets: Wall Street on the Tundra," Vanity Fair, April 2009; available at www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/04/iceland200904.
9. Kenan Malik, "The Blankness of Being British," 30 September 2007; available at www.kenanmalik.com/essays/bergens-britishness.html.
10. See "Debate Call on 'Multicultural' United Kingdom," BBC News, 5 April 2004; available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk-news/politics/ 3599925.stm.
11. Patrick Hennessy and Melissa Kite, "Britain Wants UK Break Up, Poll Shows," Sunday Telegraph (London), 26 November 2006; available at www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1535193/Britain-wants-UK-break-up-poll-shows. html.
12. For a rare Nationalist voice challenging such a viewpoint, see a book by the justice minister since 2007. Kenny MacAskill, Building A Nation: Post Devolution Nationalism in Scotland (Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2004), esp. 68-69.
13. Philip Stephens, "Salmond Bids for the Best of Both Worlds," Financial Times, 13 May 2008.
14. Alan Massie, "You English Think We Scots Are Thrifty and Cautious ⋯ But, as Gordon and His Gang Proves [sic], You Are Wrong," Daily Mail (London), 26 January 2009; see also his book, The Thistle and the Rose: Six Centuries of Love and Hate Between Scots and English (London: John Murray, 2005).
15. John Kay, "Scotland's Sense of Injustice Blights Its Future," Financial Times, 30 July 2008.
16. For a critique of the role of multiculturalism in public-service provision, see Brian Barry, Culture and Equality: An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism (London: Polity, 2000).
17. This account of Lodhi's speech is drawn from the blog of Amanullah de Sondy, a lecturer in divinity at the University of Glasgow. See http://progressivescottishmuslims. blogspot.com, 6 August 2007.
18. On Saeed, see Gillian Bowditch, "A Reluctant Fundamentalist?" Sunday Times (Scotland), 22 June 2008;
19. and Angus Macleod, "SNP Urged to Drop 'Sectarian and Divisive' Muslim Candidate," Times (London), 23 April 2009.
20. Eddie Barnes, "Salmond Hit by 'Cash for Cronies' Row," Scotland on Sunday, 13 July 2008.
21. See Tom Gallagher, "Nationalism and Islamism in Scotland," Democratiya, Autumn 2008; available at www.democratiya.com/review.asp? reviews-id=197.
22. Alan Cochrane, "The Euro Isn't the Answer to Alex Salmond's Prayers," Daily Telegraph (London), 7 January 2009.
23. Jonathan Freedland, Bring Home the Revolution: How Britain Can Live the American Dream (London: Fourth Estate, 1998), 17-27.