Tag: Michael Keating
One year on from Scotland’s independence referendum: how to save the union from the unionists
Scotland’s referendum on independence took place just over a year ago, with a narrow majority endorsing the proposition that the UK should remain in the United Kingdom. Another referendum may be on the horizon, however, with a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU providing a potential opportunity for the pro-independence SNP government to justify […]
Regions with regionalism: the rescaling of interests
A number of factors, but most prominently European integration, have seen Governments add a ‘regional’ dimension to their policymaking, including in many cases genuine devolution of powers to the regional level. But has this increased regional focus seen an equivalent rescaling of interest groups, such as trade unions, businesses and environmental organisations? Michael Keating argues that regions are becoming a significant […]
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