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The Independence of Scotland$
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Michael Keating

Print publication date: 2009

Print ISBN-13: 9780199545957

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545957.001.0001

Scotland and the Future of Union

Chapter:
(p. 173 ) 8 Scotland and the Future of Union
Source:
The Independence of Scotland
Author(s):

Michael Keating (Contributor Webpage)

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545957.003.0008

From the Scottish perspective, there is a range of constitutional options to re-negotiate its position in the UK and Europe. The difficulty lies at the UK level. If Scottish independence does come about, it may not be because Scotland has decided to leave the United Kingdom but because England is not prepared to abandon its own unitary state or allow joint decision-making in critical matters of domestic and European policy.

Keywords:   Union, England, Europe

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