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14. The Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014

verfasst von : John Curtice

Erschienen in: The Palgrave Handbook of European Referendums

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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The discovery of North Sea oil in the 1960s was followed by significant support for the pro-independence SNP. A devolved Scottish Parliament was established in 1999, which unionists hoped would undermine support for independence. However, in 2011 the SNP secured an overall majority, and the UK government accepted that an independence referendum should be held. While there were some disagreements about the rules, there were few grounds on which to question the legitimacy of a contest whose outcome both sides were committed to respecting and which secured the highest turnout since the advent of the mass franchise. Although a majority voted to remain in the UK, support for independence was much higher than expected when the referendum was called. The result triggered an increase in the powers of the devolved parliament, saw the SNP come to dominate Scotland’s Commons representation, and failed to end the debate about independence.

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Titel: The Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014
verfasst von: John Curtice
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Palgrave Handbook of European Referendums
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-55802-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-55803-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55803-1_14

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