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Defining and Debating the Common “We”

Analyses of Citizen Formation Beyond the Nation-State Mold

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In September 2014, a Scottish Independence Referendum was held, asking voters to answer “yes” or “no” to the following question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” In what was one of the highest recorded turnouts in Scottish electoral or referendum history, the tallied votes revealed that just less than half (44.7%) of the population voted in favor of the proposal, while 55.3% voted “no.”

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    Laura C. Engel

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    Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng

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Engel, L.C. (2016). Defining and Debating the Common “We”. In: Williams, J.H., Bokhorst-Heng, W.D. (eds) (Re)Constructing Memory: Textbooks, Identity, Nation, and State. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-509-8_15

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