POLS 3960 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Britishness, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, System On A Chip
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Nationalism and social policy: the politics of territorial solidarity, by. Chapter 3 the united kingdom: nationalism, devolution, and social policy: chapter 3 looks at scotland in the united kingdom to explore the relationship between nationalism and social policy. It explains how the relationship between british nation-building and social policy emerged during the post-war era and outlines the particular importance of this process in scotland, which depended more upon social benefits than did the south of england. 1980s and 1990s, and thatcherite social policy cutbacks and privatizations became a symbol of the region"s political heteronomy. Just as social policy issues have long been central to quebecois nationalism"s defence of provincial autonomy, the struggle for social justice and redistribution became a major aspect of scotland"s quest for devolution during the 1980s and 1990s. 1990s movement for devolution, which was so broadly based amongst scotland"s political class, all scottish politicians were nationalist yet, before that, territorial mobilization in.