Kingdom to Come - Thoughts on Union Before After Scottish Independence Referendum

Peter Hennessy records the run-up to the Scottish Independence Referendum in September 2014, its immediate aftermath and the enormous constitutional building site opened up for the whole of the UK by the result.

List of contents

Introduction

Thoughts from South Ronaldsay: Hope, anxiety, and the shadow of Orwell

 

Part one

The result: the view from Westminster

The constitutional building site & the Kingdom to come

Mutual flourishing?

 

Part two

Referendum diary

 

Epilogue

Maps in the mind

About the author

Peter Hennessy is the Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary University of London. Baron of Nympsfield since 2010, he is also a fellow of the British Academy.

Summary

Hennessy surveys the constitutional building site opened up for the whole of the UK by the Scottish referendum, offering personal impressions of the time when the 300-year-old Act of Union was called into question and when he, as the UK's foremost expert on our unwritten constitution, became an important voice in what may happen next.

Additional text

“Lord Hennessy’s book is . . . a profound insight into the way in which British politics and the political processes work. It delves into Britain's constitutional vagaries, the question of whether the UK should adopt a formal constitution, and highlights how Britons of the various and distinct cultures view their own overarching sense of identity.”

— Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hennessy, Hennessy Peter
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 16
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2015
• EAN: 9781910376065
• ISBN: 978-1-910376-06-5
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Haus Curiosities; Haus Curiosities
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political science & theory, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political science and theory, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government