Review: CONCEPT Seminar, Political Education in Scotland: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Authors

  • Carolyn McKerracher Sessional Teaching Fellow, Moray House, Edinburgh.

Abstract

The Referendum on Scottish independence left an important legacy, in that it generated an interest in politics across a diverse range of social groups, as well as enfranchising 16 and 17 year olds. The UK General Election in May 2015 also witnessed a remarkable change in political fortunes for the Labour Party in Scotland and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, with an overwhelming victory for the SNP. This changing national context appears to reflect a greater interest in politics in communities which, in turn, should stimulate motivation to engage in political education.

Downloads

Published

17-Dec-2015

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2015): Winter 2015

Section

Reviews

License

Creative Commons License
This is an Open Access journal. All material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence, unless otherwise stated.
Please read our Open Access, Copyright and Permissions policies for more information.

How to Cite

“Review: CONCEPT Seminar, Political Education in Scotland: Looking Back, Looking Forward” (2015) Concept, 6(3), p. 6. Available at: https://concept.lib.ed.ac.uk/article/view/2403 (Accessed: 15 November 2024).