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Between Two Unions: Europeanisation and Scottish Devolution

Paolo Dardanelli

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780719070808

Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: July 2012

DOI: 10.7228/manchester/9780719070808.001.0001

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Political parties

Political parties

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(p.26) 2 Political parties
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Between Two Unions
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Paolo Dardanelli

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Manchester University Press
DOI:10.7228/manchester/9780719070808.003.0002

Political parties are considered as the most relevant elite actors in the politics of Scottish self-government. This chapter analyses factors that are related to the Scottish National Party (SNP), the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, the three main actors of the Scottish party system and the protagonists in the politics of self-government. It shows that the pro-self-government parties had a hostile attitude towards the European Union, did not perceive the European dimension as significantly affecting their positions and largely failed to use it in their strategies. On the other hand, their Conservative opponents adopted a policy of supporting devolution in principle—but opposing the Scotland Act 1978 in practice—and centred their strategy on the risk that devolution would lead to secession and the contradictions within the Yes camp between Labour and the SNP.

Keywords:   political parties, elite actors, self-government, Scottish National Party, Labour Party, Conservative Party, party system, European Union, Scotland Act 1978, devolution

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