British National Sentiment
By: HEATH, Anthony; TAYLOR, Bridget; BROOK, Lindsay; PARK, Alison
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ArticlePublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, April 1999British Journal of Political Science 29, 1, p. 155-175Abstract: There has been extensive research on Scottish, Welsh and Irish nationalism but little on British nationalism. Analysis of the British electorate shows that British nationalist sentiments cannot be reduced to the conventional left-right and libertarian-authoritarian value dimensions, and constitute a distinct normative dimension in their own right. They are related to attitudes towards Europe, nuclear defence, Scottish devolution and Irish unification. Although by no means as important as the left-right dimension, they are at least as important in contemporary voting behavior as the libertarian-authoritarian dimension
There has been extensive research on Scottish, Welsh and Irish nationalism but little on British nationalism. Analysis of the British electorate shows that British nationalist sentiments cannot be reduced to the conventional left-right and libertarian-authoritarian value dimensions, and constitute a distinct normative dimension in their own right. They are related to attitudes towards Europe, nuclear defence, Scottish devolution and Irish unification. Although by no means as important as the left-right dimension, they are at least as important in contemporary voting behavior as the libertarian-authoritarian dimension
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