McAnulla, SD and Crines, A (2017) The Rhetoric of Alex Salmond and the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum. British Politics, 12 (4). pp. 473-491. ISSN 1746-918X
Abstract
This is the first article to examine the rhetoric of Alex Salmond using the Aristotelian modes of persuasion (ethos, pathos, logos) during the 2014 independence referendum. The article examines Salmond’s persuasive style, his political discourses, and construction of a specific form of Scottishness between January and September 2014. The article argues that Salmond’s rhetorical style was driven in large part by a concern to reassure voters about the consequences of independence (logos-centred), combined with a positive vision informed by both civic nationalism and anti-Toryism (pathos-centred), which he constructing around his own character and credibility (ethos-centred). We conclude that Salmond’s rhetoric over the course of the referendum campaign can be understood as part of a wider political transformation in which the legitimacy of Westminster decisions over Scotland is subject to regular scrutiny and doubt.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, Macmillan Publishers Ltd. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in British Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version, 'McAnulla, SD and Crines, A (2017) The Rhetoric of Alex Salmond and the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum. British Politics, 12 (4). pp. 473-491,' is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-017-0046-8 |
Keywords: | Salmond; Darling; SNP; Scotland; Independence; Rhetoric |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2017 12:09 |
Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41293-017-0046-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112690 |