Discourse, Voice, and the Politics of Participation in the Scottish Independence Referendum
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Taking the 2014 Scottish independence referendum as its case study, this book examines popular participation and elite interventions in democratic, plebiscitary events. It addresses how the referendum was constructed, represented, and performed as a participatory moment in media and political discourses and asks how elite representations overlap or contrast with referendum experiences of the public.
Drawing on and appealing to media studies, cultural theory, political science and history, this is the first study to use a truly interdisciplinary range of methods to examine a key moment of political participation. It does this through a unique primary dataset, including interviews, focus groups, newspapers, literature, and social media data. This book will appeal to scholars, students, and observers of political participation, secessionist movements, political media, and those interested in Scottish independence and British politics by shedding new light on the referendum’s participatory legacy and hurdles that stop contemporary politics from being inclusive.
Maike Dinger is a postdoctoral researcher on the AHRC-/DFG-funded project “Voices from the Periphery: (De-)Constructing and Contesting Public Narratives about Post-Industrial Marginalization” at Bournemouth University, UK. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the connections between politics, media, national(ist) cultures and identities, with a view to social and political marginalisation and intersectional exclusions.
Taking the 2014 Scottish independence referendum as its case study, this book examines popular participation and elite interventions in democratic, plebiscitary events. It addresses how the referendum was constructed, represented, and performed as a participatory moment in media and political discourses and asks how elite representations overlap or contrast with referendum experiences of the public.
Drawing on and appealing to media studies, cultural theory, political science and history, this is the first study to use a truly interdisciplinary range of methods to examine a key moment of political participation. It does this through a unique primary dataset, including interviews, focus groups, newspapers, literature, and social media data. This book will appeal to scholars, students, and observers of political participation, secessionist movements, political media, and those interested in Scottish independence and British politics by shedding new light on the referendum’s participatory legacy and hurdles that stop contemporary politics from being inclusive.
Analyses the Scottish independence referendum in its specific cultural and socio-political context Traces negotiations of popular participation through elite prescription and representation Addresses challenges of political participation and inclusion in of grassroots politics, mediatisation, digital politics
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“Discourse, Voice and the Politics of Participation in the Scottish Referendum offers an ambitious and interdisciplinary analysis of the role of popular participation during the 2014 independence referendum. ... this is a fascinating study that makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of popular participation in secessionist movements. It is essential reading for those interested in Scottish politics, participatory politics, nationalism, political communication and media studies.” (Paul Anderson, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Jul 30, 2026)
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