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Author Leith, Murray Stewart.

Title Political discourse and national identity in Scotland / Murray Stewart Leith and Daniel P.J. Soule.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 176 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index.
Summary This book addresses issues of national identity and nationalism in Scotland from a political and linguistic perspective. It compares a variety of attitudes and opinions from the political elite to the masses, examining the nature of national identity held by members of these groups and the differences within and between them.
Contents Whose nationalism is it anyway -- The politics of contemporary Scottish nationalism -- The changing sense of Scotland: the political employment of national identity -- Nationalism's metaphor: the discourse and grammar of national personification -- Mass perceptions of national identity: locating national identity in the public's discourse -- The Scottish political elite view of national identity -- (Re)describing Scottish national identity.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Nationalism -- Scotland.
Nationalism.
Scotland.
Scotland -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Communication in politics -- Scotland.
Communication in politics.
Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- Scotland.
Discourse analysis -- Political aspects.
Discourse analysis.
Decentralization in government -- Scotland.
Decentralization in government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Soule, Daniel P. J.
Other Form: Print version: Leith, Murray Stewart. Political discourse and national identity in Scotland. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2011 9780748637362 (OCoLC)743283826
ISBN 9780748647118 (electronic book)
0748647112 (electronic book)
9780748637362
0748637362
Standard No. 9786613221865