TEN Scottish Conservatism and Northern Ireland: Mapping an Ambivalent Relationship

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. TABLES vii
4. NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS viii
5. INTRODUCTORY NOTE xi
6. ONE ‘Ruth Davidson’s Conservatives’, 2011–19 1
7. TWO Tory Revival in Scotland? Recent Evidence, Future Prospects 31
8. THREE ‘We’ in Scotland or ‘She’ in Scotland? Scottish Conservative Manifesto Discourse during the Davidson Era 42
9. FOUR ‘Standing up for Scotland’ at Westminster? 57
10. FIVE The Scottish Conservatives and Local Government 78
11. SIX ‘A lesbian with family values’: Gender and Sexuality in Ruth Davidson’s Leadership of the Contemporary Scottish Conservative Party 95
12. SEVEN Riding the Unionist Wave: Ruth Davidson, the Media and the Re-emergence of the Scottish Conservatives 107
13. EIGHT The Conservative ‘Territorial Code’ under Strain 126
14. NINE The Scottish Conservative Party and the Three Unionisms 139
15. TEN Scottish Conservatism and Northern Ireland: Mapping an Ambivalent Relationship 154
16. ELEVEN The Scottish Conservatives and Europe: The Reluctant Brexit Party 169
17. TWELVE A Tale of Two Nationalisms: Scottish Nationalism and Unionism in the Age of Disruption 182
18. NOTES 193
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 197
20. INDEX 211