Scottish delusions of grandeur or the death of Britain

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1. Introduction
In the last few years there has been a growing interest in defining national identity. The time of constant changes, globalisation and getting to know other cultures led people to exploring new places and gaining life experience. More people started calling themselves global citizens, at the same time forgetting that national identity plays a vital role in creating personality. What stands behind the term “national identity” is not only the shared history, but also the language and traditions passed on young generations. Quite recently, considerable attention has been paid to Scotland due to the upcoming referendum. Scottish people do not perceive themselves as a part of Britain anymore due to the cultural and political differences which will be described later. In my report I will try to provide reasons for Scottish independence. Furthermore, I will state the arguments for Scotland remaining a part of Britain. Last but not least, I will give my personal opinion on whether Scotland should become independent or not.
1.1. Problem formulation
First of all, in order to formulate the answer for my main problem, I asked a few questions that will help me stay on the course:
- What are the characteristics of Scottish culture?
- What are the main reasons for Scottish independence?
- What are the advantages of Scotland becoming independent?
- What are the reasons for Scotland to remain a part of Britain?
1.2. Delimitation
I would like to stress the fact that my project will cover only the examination of Scotland in terms of referendum. Partially, I will use the comparisons with Britain in general. I tried to gather as many pieces of information as possible regarding my problem. In order to avoid bias, I tried to use various...

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...uld not benefit from this change. However, I beg to differ with the view that Scots lost their independence and control over the country by being a part of the union.

Works Cited

http://jonjayray.tripod.com/diffscot.html http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0044/00442777.pdf http://etn.sagepub.com.ez.statsbiblioteket.dk:2048/content/13/5/544.full.pdf+html http://www.tandfonline.com.ez.statsbiblioteket.dk:2048/doi/pdf/10.1080/00369220318737184 http://reidfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-Common-Weal.pdf http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/9341241/Angus-Robertson-Independent-Scotland-more-integrated-with-Europe.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/05/29/uk-scotland-independence-campaign-idUKKBN0E92F620140529 http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/scottish-independence-referendum http://www.bbc.com/news/events/scotland-decides/poll-tracker

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