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Devolution and the Rebordering of the Uk State: Reimagining the Anglo-scottish Border
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Paddison, R. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | In an increasingly globalised world, borders have become the focus of renewed attention. Much of this debate has centred on the influence of globalization on debordering. Yet, globalization is being accompanied by the rescaling of political institutions, the effect of which is also leading to rebordering. This paper explores the implications of political rebordering arising from the rescaling of the UK state. Specifically, through the example of devolution in the post-1997 UK state, the paper discusses the implications arising from the reinscription of the border dividing England and Scotland. As an example of a process of regionalization that has been emergent elsewhere in Europe, the process of devolution is raising the salience of the border in everyday life. Borders, it is argued, have everyday meaning in two main ways - materially, and in popular imagination as delineating difference. Through specific examples it shown that in both senses, materially and in popular imagination, the border (between England and Scotland) is linked to a sense of increasing national difference and the decentring of the UK (British) state and its national identity. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://rrgp.uoradea.ro/art/2009-2/01_OK_Paddison.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
