Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Scots and Scotland 2. The Emergence of the ‘Scotland and Europe’ Theme 3. The Evolution of the Idea of Europe 4. ‘Europe is Good for Scotland’: In the Eyes of the Respondents 5. The Uses of History: Why Europe is Good for Scotland 6. Scotland and Europe: An Assessment, Conclusion

About the Author

Atsuko Ichijo is Research Project Officer working on a European Commision funded international research project, EURONAT, at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. She obtained an MA from the Universty of Tokyo before being awarded the first ever PhD in Nationalism and Ethnicity by the University of London - this book is based on her doctoral thesis.

Reviews

'A well-constructed, readable and very clear account of the attitudes of Scottish elites towards Europe and the way in which these elites project images of europe and the european Union onto Scottish identity.'Peter Lynch, Scottish Affairs'Interview material is skilfully deployed in the main empirical sections and backed up by some widder statistical data to assess changing public attitudes to Europe.'Peter Lynch, Scottish Affairs