Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014

The Scottish independence referendum of 2014 saw one of the longest political campaigns in modern UK politics. The referendum saw the formation of a hybrid Yes campaign that combined modern campaigning techniques with a large, activist grassroots that established a range of new political organisatio...

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Main Author: Peter Lynch
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Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2015-07-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/405
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Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
referendum
independence
campaigning
grassroots
culture
title Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014
title_full Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014
title_fullStr Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014
title_full_unstemmed Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014
title_short Bottom-up versus Top-down Campaigning at the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014
title_sort bottom up versus top down campaigning at the scottish independence referendum 2014
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independence
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grassroots
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