The Scottish Devolution Issue in Conservative Party Political Strategy 2005-2014
Keywords:
Conservative Party, Scotland, devolution, independence referendum, right-wing ToriesAbstract
The article investigates Scottish devolution strategy of David Cameron and reaction of Scottish Tories and right-wing Tories. We can conclude that devolution of conservators has primarily electoral purposes. Different positions of Tory-modernizers, Scottish Tories and right-wing Tories create obstacles for common strategy of Conservative Party and disturb for electoral recovery in regionDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2015-1-129-149References
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