Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives : banal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance /: banal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alexander Thomas T. Smith.
• Other Names: Smith, Alexander Thomas T (Alexander Thomas Telford)
• Contents: Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note to international readers; 1. Banal activism; 2. A Tory-free Scotland; 3. Dispelling Doonhamers:naming and the numbers game; 4. Making (a) difference:building the political machine; 5. The politics of irrelevance; 6. Disaggregating the secret ballot:electioneering and the politics ofself-knowledge; 7. Counting on failure:Polling Day and its aftermath; 8. Return of the lesser-spotted Tory; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 152 pages)
• Subjects: 324.241104; Anthropology; Decentralization in government -- Scotland; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General; Politics and Government; Decentralization in government; Politics and government; Scotland -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Scotland; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781781703052; 1781703051; 9781847794802; 1847794807; 9781847794796; 1847794793
• Related ISBNs: 9780719079696; 0719079691
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.