Scottish Public Opinion and the Anglo-Scottish Union, 1699-1707

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-86193-289-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 56, 202 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series

The Anglo-Scottish union crisis is used to demonstrate the growing influence of popular opinion in this period.

In the early modern period, ordinary subjects began to find a role in national politics through the phenomenon of public opinion: by drawing on entrenched ideological differences, oppositional leaders were able to recruit popularsupport to pressure the government with claimed representations of a national interest. This is particularly well demonstrated in the case of the Anglo-Scottish union crisis of 1699-1707, in which Country party leaders encouragedremarkable levels of participation by non-elite Scots. Though dominant accounts of this crisis portray Scottish opinion as impotent in the face of Court party corruption, this book demonstrates the significance of public opinion in the political process: from the Darien crisis of 1699-1701 to the incorporation debates of 1706-7, the Country party aggressively employed pamphlets, petitions and crowds to influence political outcomes. The government's changing response to these adversarial activities further indicates their rising influence. By revealing the ways in which public opinion in Scotland shaped the union crisis from beginning to end, this book explores the power and limitsof public opinion in the early modern public sphere and revises understanding of the making of the British union.

Dr KARIN BOWIE lectures in History at the University of Glasgow.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowie, Karin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Öffentliche Meinung und Umfragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Politics and Communications in post-Revolution Scotland
Oppositional opinion politics
The government and public opinion
Public discourse on the Union, 1699-1705
Public discourse on the Union treaty
Addresses against the treaty
Crowds and collective resistance to the treaty
Conclusions: public opinion and the making of the Union of 1707
Bibliography
Index