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Vox Populi
Landmark series of seminars running from September 2012 to May 2013. The Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies offers a unique perspective on how the “voice of the people” has been heard in Scotland since medieval times. Historians, political commentators and literary scholars consider the role that ordinary Scots played in some of the most significant events over the past 700 years, and whether their views and opinions were taken into account.
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Recent Episodes
In 1997, a majority of the Scottish electorate voted to re-establish a parliament for Scotland. In this talk, BBC Scotland Political Editor Brian Taylor draws on his experience in reporting the referendum to show how party political aims and popular opinion came together to create this historic...
Published 06/21/13
Acting both as a historian and an eye witness, Professor Christopher Harvie assesses the negative outcome of the 1979 referendum. He highlights the role of party politics and considers how the Thatcher era might have been different for Scotland with an Assembly. Chris Harvie is a former MSP and...
Published 06/21/13
What role have referenda played in Scottish political culture before the referendums of 1979 and 1997? Irene Maver shows how burgh and council governments from the mid-nineteenth century used voter plebiscites to determine local opinion on questions ranging from investment in free libraries to...
Published 05/08/13
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