Scotland and England's colliding nationalisms: neoliberalism and the fracturing of the United Kingdom.

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE British Politics Pub Date : 2021-09-29 DOI:10.1057/s41293-021-00194-4

John Bone

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Abstract

This paper explores the growing divide between Scotland and England, a schism that was beginning to take form with Scottish devolution and which has grown exponentially since the Independence Referendum of 2014. The central argument presented in the paper is that renewed impetus for national distinction and self-determination in Scotland is best understood as one facet of a much wider popular disenchantment and growing restiveness with the trajectory of contemporary UK politics, culture and society that has found an outlet via a resurgent nationalist discourse and institutional framework. Analysis here is approached via the application of an original biosocial theory with the aim of presenting further insights into the underlying processes driving contemporary political instability. Moreover, it is argued that this scenario can be understood, and may shed light upon, the wider rise in nationalist and populist sentiment that is contributing to increasing political turbulence across Europe and beyond.

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苏格兰和英格兰碰撞的民族主义：新自由主义与联合王国的分裂。

本文探讨了苏格兰与英格兰之间日益扩大的分歧，这种分歧随着苏格兰权力下放而开始形成，并在 2014 年独立公投后急剧扩大。本文提出的中心论点是，苏格兰重新推动民族区别和自决的最好方式是将其理解为更广泛的民众对当代英国政治、文化和社会轨迹的失望和日益增长的不满情绪的一个方面，这种不满情绪通过重新抬头的民族主义话语和制度框架找到了出口。本文通过运用独创的生物社会理论进行分析，旨在进一步揭示当代政治不稳定的深层原因。此外，本文还认为，这种情况可以被理解为民族主义和民粹主义情绪的更广泛兴起，并可能揭示这种情绪正在导致整个欧洲及其他地区的政治动荡加剧。

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British Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： British Politics offers the only forum explicitly designed to promote research in British political studies, and seeks to provide a counterweight to the growing fragmentation of this field during recent years. To this end, the journal aims to promote a more holistic understanding of British politics by encouraging a closer integration between theoretical and empirical research, between historical and contemporary analyses, and by fostering a conception of British politics as a broad and multi-disciplinary field of study. This incorporates a range of sub-fields, including psephology, policy analysis, regional studies, comparative politics, institutional analysis, political theory, political economy, historical analysis, cultural studies and social policy. While recognising the validity and the importance of research into specific aspects of British politics, the journal takes it to be a guiding principle that such research is more useful, and indeed meaningful, if it is related to the field of British politics in a broader and fuller sense. The scope of the journal will therefore be broad, incorporating a range of research papers and review articles from all theoretical perspectives, and on all aspects of British politics, including policy developments, institutional change and political behaviour. Priority will, however, be given to contributions which link contemporary developments in British politics to theoretical and/or historical analyses. The aim is as much to encourage the development of empirical research that is theoretically rigorous and informed, as it is to encourage the empirical application of theoretical work (or at least to encourage theorists to explicitly signify how their work could be applied in an empirical manner).