Whatever Happened to Tory Scotland? / / David Torrance.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Torrance, David,
• MitwirkendeR: Arnott, Margaret,; Bednarek, Antje,; Convery, Alan,; Curtice, John,; Finlay, Richard J.,; Hassan, Gerry,; Jackson, Alvin,; Kidd, Colin,; Macdonald, Catriona M. M.,; Massie, Alex,; Melding, David,; Mitchell, James,; Torrance, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)

Explores the history and ideas of the Scottish Conservative Party since its creation in 1912 You might not believe it now, but the Scottish Conservative Party played a significant role in the politics of Scotland during the last century. The party governed Scotland and the UK for much of the 20th century. But their support has nosedived from a majority of votes and seats at the 1955 general election to just a single constituency and 17 per cent of the vote in May 2010. This collection brings together academics, writers, commentators and analysts of Scottish politics to address the nature of the Scottish Conservative Party: its standing in Scotland, its influence on the Union, its role in the Scottish Parliament and why it fell so out of favour with the Scottish electorate. Key FeaturesDivided into 2 parts: The Rise and Fall of Unionist Scotland and In the Political WildernessIncludes contributions from leading academics and political commentators including Richard Finlay, Colin Kidd, Catriona Macdonald, James Mitchell and Alex Massie

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Notes on the Contributors -- List of Tables -- 1. Centenary Blues: 100 Years of Scottish Conservatism -- 2. Sociability, Status and Solidarity: Scottish Unionism in the era of Irish Home Rule, 1886–1920 -- 3. Patriotism, Paternalism and Pragmatism: Scottish Toryism, Union and Empire, 1912–65 -- 4. More than a Name: The Union and the Un-doing of Scottish Conservatism in the Twentieth Century -- 5. Smithians, Thatcherites and the Ironies of Scottish Conservative Decline -- 6. ‘It’s Only a Northern Song’: The Constant Smirr of Anti-Thatcherism and Anti-Toryism -- 7. The Wilderness Years -- 8. Why no Tory Revival in Scotland? -- 9. Refashioning Welsh Conservatism – a Lesson for Scotland? -- 10. The Press, National Identity and the Scottish Tories -- 11. ‘Handbagging’ the Feminisation Thesis? Refl ections on Women in the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party -- 12. Conservative Unionism: Prisoned in Marble -- Index