2014 independence referendum
Unions and Referenda: Scotland, Europe and the United Kingdom
Author / Creator: Paul D Tonks
Media type: Article
Date published: 2016
What are the connections between the Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014 and the United Kingdom’s Referendum on membership of the European Union in 2016?
A Second Scottish Independence Referendum: Should the Diaspora get a Vote?
Author / Creator: Murray Stewart Leith
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
The 2014 referendum result did not end the debate around Scottish independence.
Scotland Ten Years on from the Indyref
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
It is no accident that the bigger dynamics that flowed from 2014 beyond independence have been so conspicuously not taken up or championed by the SNP and Scottish Government. They barely understood some of the forces at work which produced the 2014 indyref beyond the SNP’s 2011 victory.
‘Yes’ A non-nationalist argument for Scottish independence
Author / Creator: Neil Davidson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2014
The problems posed by independence are not directly economic, but are related to the capitalist economy through a series of mediations.
Scottish Independence, then and now
Author / Creator: Nicola McEwen
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2021
How have matters changed since 2014 as a result of Brexit and Covid?
Scottish Independence and Scotland's Future
Author / Creator: Scotland UN-Committee
Media type: Article
Date published: 2014
Archive of documents on 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum
Wee White Blossom: What Post-Referendum Scotland Needs to Flourish
Author / Creator: Lesley Riddoch
Media type: Book
Date published: 2014
So stands Scotland where it did [after 2014 referendum]? Not on your nelly.
Age and Variations in the Attitude towards Scottish Independence – An Exploration of Cohort and Lifecycle
Author / Creator: Anna Schneider Anna Schneider is
Media type: Article
Date published: 2014
Polls and surveys have repeatedly shown that the lower the age of a person, the higher is the likelihood of them favouring independence
BBC bias and the Scots referendum - new report
Author / Creator: John Robertson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2014
Research on bias and fairness in news reporting on the issue Independence prior to the Scottish referendum, 2014
Scotland After Britain: The Two Souls of Scottish Independence
Author / Creator: James Foley
Media type: Book
Date published: 2022
Since the referendum, Scottish independence has been captured by conservative forces. Scotland After Britain argues for fidelity to the true meaning of the word independence. It should mean not only a break from the failing British state, but also from the prison of free trade and militarism that has delivered successive crises.
Scotland's economy by the numbers
Author / Creator: Nina dos Santos
Media type: Video
Date published: 2014
View of Scotland's prospect for independence before the 2014 refrendum.
Scotland's Decision; 16 questions to think about for the referendum on 18 September [2014]
Author / Creator: Charlie Jeffrey
Date published: 2014
A key document outlining the issues for the Scottish electorate from the Independence view.
Scottish Independence and Scotland's Future
Author / Creator: Alastair McIntyre
Media type: Website
Date published:
Documentation of the events prior to, and leading up to, the 2014 Independence referendum.
The Independence Referendum of 2014: Issues and Outcome
Author / Creator: Michael Keating
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
An analysis of the issues of the 2014 independence referendum.
The Independence Question
Author / Creator: Coree Brown Swan
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
The meaning of "independence" in the 2014 referendum was multifaceted. Its meaning has changed since then.
George Monbiot: Independent Scotland could show a way out of climate crisis
Author / Creator: Spowart, Nan
Media type: newspaper article
Date published:
George Monbiot interview highlights the need for mass mobilisation to combat climate change. The 2014 Scottish Independence movement provides a good example of how to create a mass movement in the 21st century.
Getting ahead of the curve What next for Scotland and the Union?
Author / Creator: ALUN EVANS
Media type: Lecture
Date published:
Alun Evans (formerly at the Scottish Office making the case for the Union) focuses on the hurly-burly of the 2014 referendum campaign, and his own suggestions for securing a long-term future for the Union. His solutions - full tax devolution, spending, domestic policy, and energy policy. Agreement on shared responsibilities, continuation of the monarchy, monetary policy set by UK, defence and foreign policy set by UK. [The expanded devolution that was promised but neve delivered]
For freedom alone: Secession after the Scottish referendum
Author / Creator: Timothy William Waters
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
The UK is the rare country that accepts the possibility of its own division. Great Britain's acquiescence made Scottish secession possible. The pathways of Scottish secession have been an internal UK affair.
Scotland, Secession, and the European Union
Author / Creator: Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
Scotland not be forced to leave the EU against its will.
Constructing the Visual Online Political Self: An Analysis of Instagram Use by the Scottish Electorate
Author / Creator: Jamie Mahoney
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
The Scottish electorate used image-sharing for self-expression. They posted a variety of visual content. It showed a diversity of political opinion. People used Instagram to craft and present their "political selves".