The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales acknowledges each option requires UK government involvement.
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The SNP’s new leader only just squeaked over the line against his rivals, which is a bad sign for his ambition to take Scotland out of the UK.
Despite hopes of a second referendum on independence being dashed, many Scottish nationalists look to Slovakia as an example of how a small nation can stand on its own.
Recent polling indicates that the EU question is central in the minds of Scottish independence voters.
Plus, how researchers have discovered a biological switch that can turn neuroplasticity on and off in the brain. Listen to episode 13 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Both Burns and the suppers that celebrate him have proven remarkably malleable symbols worldwide of the Scottish nation and Scottish hospitality.
Scotland’s renewed push for independence is not only similar to Québec’s — there are also lessons for Scottish politicians in Canadian law on the concept of separation.
The politics may have changed over the years, but the literary obsessions of ‘northern Britain’ seem hard to shake.
When you put together the efforts of the Spanish authorities to curb media coverage of the Catalan referendum, you have a deeply worrying picture.
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Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research, and Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Teaching fellow, University of Stirling
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Francis Hutcheson Professor of Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow
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Professor of History, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Political Science, McMaster University
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Professor, History, University of Guelph
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Research Assistant, Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Guelph
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Research Assistant, Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Guelph
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Dean of External Engagement, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Postdoctoral Fellow, UO Institute of Neuroscience and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Oregon
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PhD Candidate, Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool
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Director, John Smith Centre, Senior Lecturer, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Drake University
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Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Public Procurement, Bangor University
