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‘Good Governance’ and Entrenched Self-Government in Scotland: A Success?
The inclusion of a chapter on self-government in Scotland in this volume alongside the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands and Greenland might, at first...
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The 2014 Referendum in Scotland
This chapter provides a timeline of the Scottish independence referendum’s long campaign and assesses the extent to which the campaign connected with...
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The Stakes of Global Venue Shop**: Examining Bank Lobbying in the Basel Committee and the European Union
The gallo** pace of globalisation has not only led to the expansion of firms across national borders and an exponential increase in the...
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Ireland
Ireland was first inhabited around 7500 BC by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who travelled across the land bridge that connected southwest Scotland with...
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Lloyds: To the Brink and Back
This chapter considers the empirical evidence in relation to the second of the book’s cases studies, Lloyds. The chapter suggests that despite a...
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Is It Better for Nation Territories to Stand on One or Two Feet?
Our study examines how nation territories operate in Scotland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Åland Islands. Before winning the de jure status...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Remains of Stone Age settlements of hunters and fishermen suggest that the first inhabitants crossed from the low countries of Continental Europe on...
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Ireland
Ireland was first inhabited around 7500 BC by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who travelled across the land bridge that connected southwest Scotland with...
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A Much Misgoverned Nation: England in the Age of Brexit
In exploring England during the Age of Brexit, this chapter argues that Brexit did not of itself enable the citizens of England to ‘take back...
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Ireland
Ireland was first inhabited around 7500 BC by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who travelled across the land bridge that connected southwest Scotland with...
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Populism in the UK: An Analysis of the Rhetoric of Nigel Farage
The Brexit general election in 2019 was widely regarded as a victory for populism in the UK, precipitating its departure from the European Union. For...
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De-globalization or Re-globalization? Some Historical Assessments on the Role of Economic Elites Across Time
The aspiration is to highlight the role of economic elites across time. Elites appeared first as bankers and merchants and later as industrialists....
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Reflections of a Comparative Social Scientist
Initially I thought of calling my contribution ‘I Am a Dependent Variable’, but quickly realised that the making of a comparative social scientist is...
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Iran
Ireland was first inhabited around 7500 BC by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who travelled across the land bridge that connected southwest Scotland with...
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Finance Capital with Ethnic Cleansing: Primitive Accumulation and Forced Migration
This article examines more deeply the lives and livelihoods of people migrating from Central America to the United States in the past three years. It...
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Brexit Crisis: Unpacking Some of the Lessons, 2016–2022
Since joining the European Union in 1973, the organisation has figured in domestic BritishBritainBritish politics in an ambiguous fashion with...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Remains of Stone Age settlements of hunters and fishermen suggest that the first inhabitants crossed from the low countries of Continental Europe on...
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The Purposes of Volunteer Involvement in Universities
This chapter offers a systematic approach to understanding the diverse purposes of volunteer involvement in universities. It offers a wide range of...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Remains of Stone Age settlements of hunters and fishermen suggest that the first inhabitants crossed from the low countries of Continental Europe on...
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Government decision-making and the site of power in New Labour’s ‘levelling up’: reconsidering economic regionalism
Debates about England’s geographic inequalities and the extent to which the problem is intertwined with the ‘Westminster system’ of government are...
