Understanding Scotland: The Sociology of a Stateless Nation - Couverture rigide

McCrone, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415067472 ISBN 13 : 9780415067478

Editeur : Routledge, 1992

Synopsis

Scotland stands at the centre of sociological concerns in the late 20th century. Rather than being an awkward, ill fitting case, a nation without a state, it is at the centre of the discipline's postmodernist dilemma. Scotland has been part of the United Kingdom, a highly centralized and unitary state for nearly 300 years, yet has survived the Union in 1707 as a distinctive civil society. Its sense of difference and identity has, indeed, grown rather than diminished. In many respects Scotland is a society with an unmade history, for its history seems incomplete and unpredictable. In a world where the nation state is losing its raison d'etre, Scotland provides an important test case for the proposition that the quest for self-determination occurs in the context of major shifts in political and social arrangements at the global level. This book should be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduates in sociology.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Understanding Scotland has been recognised since publication as the key text on the sociology of Scotland. This wholly revised edition provides the first sustained study of post-devolution Scottish society. It contains new material on:
* the establishment of the Scottish parliament in 1999
* social and political data from the 1997 general elections
* the new cultural iconography of Scotland
* Scotland as a European society.
For anyone wishing to understand Scottish society in particular or the general issues involved in nation building, McCrone's clear-headed coherently argued account of the main issues will be essential reading.

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415067472
• ISBN 13: 9780415067478
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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