Referendum debate riposte by Mark Smith

“…Moreover, the fact that voter turnout of around 80% is anticipated might suggest that this debate has caught the imagination of the Scottish people in a way that 'business as usual' politics has singularly failed to do. …”

Sentinels of the Shore. Reconciling Art and Science by Anne Hellegouarc’h-Bryce

“…The sea and coast feature prominently in the cultural identity of the Breton and Scottish people. As the maritime environment finds itself increasingly under threat, initiatives to explore ways for coastal communities to adapt and weather the coming changes take more hybrid forms, rejecting the old compartmentalising of disciplines to favour a more constructive cross-pollination. …”
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The SNP’s Conception of Scottish Society and Citizenship, 2007-2014 by Nathalie Duclos

“…The analysis shows that Scottish society and the Scottish people were portrayed in three, complementary ways: as the people who reside on the territory of Scotland, which is in keeping with the SNP’s “civic” nationalism and with its perception of Scottish citizenship as one that is based on residency rather than ancestry; as a “sovereign people” and as “the community of the realm of Scotland”, which bears testimony to the SNP’s exploitation of two powerful Scottish political myths; and as a social democratic society with a “shared sense of the common weal” which translates into support for universalist policies at odds with both Labour and the Conservatives’ policy choices. …”
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