Ruth Davidson's Conservatives : : The Scottish Tory Party, 2011-19 / / David Torrance.

• VerfasserIn: Torrance, David,
• MitwirkendeR: Convery, Alan,; Diffley, Mark,; Evershed, Jonathan,; Gourtsoyannis, Paris,; Hassan, Gerry,; Hayton, Richard,; Lamprinakou, Chrysa,; Leith, Murray Stewart,; McGarvey, Neil,; Patrick, David,; Salamone, Anthony,; Thomson, Jennifer,; Toner, Lauren,; Torrance, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)

Examines the startling revival of the Scottish Conservative Party under Ruth Davidson’s leadershipA very timely retrospective study of the Scottish Conservative Party's revival under Ruth Davidson's leadership (November 2011–August 2019)Analyses the Scottish Conservative Party under Ruth D...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• TABLES
• NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
• INTRODUCTORY NOTE
• ONE ‘Ruth Davidson’s Conservatives’, 2011–19
• TWO Tory Revival in Scotland? Recent Evidence, Future Prospects
• THREE ‘We’ in Scotland or ‘She’ in Scotland? Scottish Conservative Manifesto Discourse during the Davidson Era
• FOUR ‘Standing up for Scotland’ at Westminster?
• FIVE The Scottish Conservatives and Local Government
• SIX ‘A lesbian with family values’: Gender and Sexuality in Ruth Davidson’s Leadership of the Contemporary Scottish Conservative Party
• SEVEN Riding the Unionist Wave: Ruth Davidson, the Media and the Re-emergence of the Scottish Conservatives
• EIGHT The Conservative ‘Territorial Code’ under Strain
• NINE The Scottish Conservative Party and the Three Unionisms
• TEN Scottish Conservatism and Northern Ireland: Mapping an Ambivalent Relationship
• ELEVEN The Scottish Conservatives and Europe: The Reluctant Brexit Party
• TWELVE A Tale of Two Nationalisms: Scottish Nationalism and Unionism in the Age of Disruption
• NOTES
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX