This study explores modern Scotland AND examines how Scottish politics, culture
and identities have interacted within the national and international contexts in
the last thirty years. It considers which voices and opinions have proven
influential and defining, and charts the boundaries of public conversation to
and beyond the independence referendum. This book locates contemporary debates
on Scottish self-government in an analysis of the long term historic development
of Scottish autonomy and difference.
Based on extensive interviews with leading members of the Scottish political
commentariat, it applies the idea of 'elite narratives' to articulate how ideas
and debate can slowly shift and frame public opinion. It draws on