POLI 1P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Scottish Nationalism, Scottish People, Progressive Tax
24 Feb 2016
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There is no ethnic component to the scotland nationalist. Common knowledge that scotland was a sovereign country, with no contested borders. Much to benefit to unify their parliaments. Scottish elites that were in control; very little contestation from elites. Any evidence before 1707 of national identity in scotland. Church of scotland (the kirk) - politics were a very elite game; prior to 1707 almost 80% of any kind of healthcare was provided by the church. The act of union fostered is a union-state (not nation-state: scotland"s post union identity. Scots law-very similar to french and english civil law and common law. The kirk-churches did not merge; before the welfare state; did not have developed welfare state. Without it; the kirk was able to retain the connection between the scottish people and the kirks themselves. Administrative autonomy: in the united kingdom the state was very centralized; not a form of federalism.
