Referendums, voting and polls as an integral part of contemporary scottish social and political life

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In a relatively short chronological period, two referendums were held in Scotland. Recently (September 2016) with the filing of the Scottish National Party was initiated by the largest survey of the general population, various social, age status, but equally concerned about their fate and the fate of future generations (not completed at the time of writing). It is obvious that the Scottish public and political life, as nowhere else in the world, the popularity of these forms are monitoring public opinion, on the basis of which the results of the political agenda of the day is being built in the future, not only the nationalists, but also the other major political parties - the Conservatives and Labour. This article proposes to analyze the consequences of the last voting in the context of the prospects for a new referendum on independence. It should be particularly emphasized that the Scottish National Party in the person of its former and current leaders do not doubt in the very short term, repeated referendum, arguing that as a foreign (Brexit) and internal circumstances: the dominance of the political scene unpopular in conservative region, the supporters population growth nationalists, the transformation of social consciousness in the direction of traditional national values, etc.

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Scottish national party, conservatives, labour, referendum, poll, brexit, independence, national identification, nikola sterdzhin, scotland

Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/14951382

IDR: 14951382   |   DOI: 10.17748/2075-9908-2016-8-5/2-115-118

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