The Referendum that Changed a Nation

Drawing on data from the Scottish Referendum Study and subsequent Scottish Election Studies, this book provides the first in depth analysis of how voters engaged with the independence referendum in 2014 and what impact this has had on vote choice, polarisation and engagement in Scotland since then. The book contains eight chapters, and discusses how voters engaged with the referendum campaign, explains vote choice by examining reactions to the cues of parties, leaders and events, and compares the importance of these to calculations about risk.

Provides the first comprehensive analysis of vote choice in the Scottish independence referendum Challenges widely-held assumptions about what mattered during the campaign, and what has happened in Scotland afterwards Compares the impact of the independence referendum to the impact of the Brexit referendum

Autorentext

Ailsa Henderson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Robert Johns is Professor of Politics at the University of Essex, UK. Jac M. Larner is Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University and Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Christopher J. Carman is Stevenson Professor of Citizenship at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Inhalt

1. Studying Referendums and Voting in Scotland.- 2. The 2014 Referendum Campaign.- 3. How Voters Reacted to Campaign Cues.- 4. Explaining Referendum Vote Choice.- 5. Two Earthquakes or One?.- 6. Electoral Behaviour 2014 to 2019: The Multi-Level Voter in Scotland.- 7. How the Referendum Changes Scotland: Engagement, Polarisation and Losers' Consent.- 8. Conclusion.