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UK funding (191 152 £) : The Referendum on Scottish Independence: A Democratic Audit Ukri01/03/2013 UK Research and Innovation, Royaume Uni
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The Referendum on Scottish Independence: A Democratic Audit
| Abstract | This project will provide a detailed analysis of the Scottish Government's proposal for independence and a democratic audit of the referendum process designed to offer this option to the Scottish people. The two dimensions are inextricably linked. Constitutional outcomes are shaped by the process that produces them and at the same time the legitimacy of any constitutional initiative is heavily dependent upon the fairness of the process that brings it about. There are significant gaps in the information available to policy makers and citizens at this crucial constitutional moment for Scotland. The project will provide policy-makers, civil society and citizens with clear and accessible explanations of what independence would mean for the ways in which they are governed. At the same time it will make recommendations for how best to engage citizens in the referendum process. First, the project will ask: what does 'independence' mean, particularly in the context of a three hundred year union that has left the United Kingdom deeply integrated and in the context of an ever more expansive European Union? The Investigator will offer a Table of Powers and a fully searchable Dataverse of how the powers of the Scottish Parliament would change, in a format accessible to policy makers and non-specialists in civil society. Secondly, the Investigator will assess the planned referendum process. From a recent major study (Tierney 2012) he will use the following principles to assess the fairness of the Scottish referendum: active citizen participation, inclusive of different voices and opinions; the provision of objective and non-partisan information to citizens and proper legal regulation of the referendum campaign; and the maximisation of satisfaction with the process by both winners and losers. The project will therefore contribute to the ESRC's strategic priority: 'A vibrant and fair society', by offering prescriptions as to how individuals and civil society in Scotland can most effectively make their voices heard in the current constitutional debate. The project will offer various outputs. It will lead to two high level academic articles in leading journals. It is, however, targeted primarily at policy-makers, civil society and citizens. The main outputs will be the Table of Powers and Dataverse; three one-day Workshops which will result in Reports aimed at policy makers and civil society; summarised Evidence Briefings targeted at interested citizens; and on-line Quizzes for interested citizens including school pupils to test their knowledge of the independence issue. The Workshops will be phased to inform various stages of the policy-making process and will be podcasted on the project Website: the first will be held to coincide with the Referendum Bill's introduction into the Scottish Parliament and will offer guidelines on how to design a deliberative referendum. The second will bring together experts on the constitution to consider the implications of independence for the United Kingdom and for Scotland's international status, again well in advance of the referendum; the third will seek to offer guidelines as to how the referendum process leading up to 2014 might be improved as the Scottish Government's Elections Team work on the details of the process and the Electoral Commission begins to assess these. The Website and a Blog will be established to disseminate results, host the Table of Powers, Dataverse and Quizzes. As Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law and a founding co-ordinator of the Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum, the Investigator can offer high profile and well-resourced dissemination networks through which to deliver these outputs and, in particular, with which to engage extensively across Scottish and wider British policy-making and civil society sectors. |
| Category | Fellowship |
| Reference | ES/K007130/1 |
| Status | Closed |
| Funded period start | 01/03/2013 |
| Funded period end | 31/08/2014 |
| Funded value | £191 152,00 |
| Source | https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FK007130%2F1 |
Participating Organisations
| University of Edinburgh |
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