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    The case for Scottish independence

    Apr 09, 2022 3 minutes

    The Case for Scottish Independence: A History of Nationalist Political Thought in Modern Scotland

    Ben Jackson

    Cambridge University Press, 2020

    210 pages

    Hardback, £59.99 / paperback, £18.99

    ISBN: 9781108835350 / 9781108793186

    The title of Ben Jackson’s book might mislead some. This isn’t a book making the case (or a case) for independence. The subtitle makes things clearer; ‘A History of Nationalist Political Thought in Modern Scotland’. So you can judge this book by its cover, so long as you read the small print.

    Jackson is associate. He is also an engaging and involving writer. Even when navigating some of the more tortuous reaches of Scottish Nationalist thinking, he is both readable and informative.

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