The Historical Origins And Present Situation Of Scottish Independence Movement

Scottish independence movement has recently attracted attentionoutside,Scottish independence referendum will be held in the fall of2014.Throughout history,Scotland was once an independent country，and latermerged into a unified England United Kingdom. Therefore, this paper will mainlydiscuss: Historical Background of Scotland and England combined, which relate to thespecific reasons for the merger and Social impact analysis and Scotland combinedpower after the merger. The rise and development of the Scottish independencemovement, this relates to the rise and development of the cause of theindependence movement and the independence movement. All this and World WarII Britain and abroad about environmental change. Finally,the upcoming referendummade in Scotland analyzed and summarized.This paper then discusses the Scottish nationalist upsurge in the19th centuryera of no reason for an independent state, this involves the formation of a newBritish national identity and attractiveness of the British Empire. With the changes inthe external environment and changes in Britains national identity, Scottishindependence movement initially appeared in the form of nationalism, ScottishNational Party whose representatives are established.1960s and1970s appearsnational movement climax, experienced a downturn in the national movement of the1980s，1990s Britain constitutional reform，Implementation of decentralization，Re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament, Scotlands pro-independence politicalparty provided the stage and eventually ruling in Scotland, UK government activelyrespond to changes in the situation in Scotland, authorization to hold a referendumto decide whether Scotland can be independent.Scottish independence movement both history, there are practical factors. Onthe reasons for starting an independent, changes in external environment afterWorld War II Britain external causes. This performance is the disintegration of theBritish Empire, the British lost overseas colonies, national decline in theattractiveness of Scotland is not as before; After World War II, the Scottish economy is relatively backward more long-term and Scottish national culture, identity, identityincreasingly enhanced, Scotland problem with changing internal and externalenvironment gradually surfaced. Blair era constitutional reform, the implementationof decentralization, the establishment of the Scottish Parliament has a certainautonomy, after an independent appeal the ruling Scottish National Party so as toobtain the status of.Starting point for the British constitutional reform is tostrengthen social cohesion, but the result was counterproductive.