| ID | 172506 |
| Title Proper | Civic” Road to Secession |
| Other Title Information | Political Ideology as an Ethnic Boundary Marker in Contemporary Scotland |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Paul, Darel E |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Civic nationalism is a weak vessel for secession. Nonetheless, contemporary Scottish nationalism has proven unusually successful, using the characteristically civic marker of political ideology as its signature boundary mechanism. Because a civic form of nationalism funnels toward civic markers of national identity, nationalist elites define Scotland as social democratic and England as neoliberal. This symbolic cultivation of a Scottish social democratic essence is deeply ethnic, however, through a mythological fusion of ideology with genealogy characteristic of ethnic myths of descent. Scotland’s “civic” nationalism points up the confused nature of the ethnic-civic dichotomy itself. |
| `In' analytical Note | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Vol. 26, No.2; Apr-Jun 2020: p. 167-182 |
| Journal Source | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Vol: 26 No 2 |
| Key Words | Political Ideology ; Road to Secession ; Ethnic Boundary Marker ; Contemporary Scotland |