{"product_id":"ruth-davidsons-conservatives-david-torrance-9781474455633","title":"Ruth Davidson's Conservatives: The Scottish Tory Party, 2011-19","description":"\u003cp\u003eExamining the startling revival of the Scottish Conservative Party under Ruth Davidson's leadership\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey features\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst book to examine the recent revival of the Scottish Conservative Party\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyses the Scottish Conservative Party and Ruth Davidson's leadership in ground-breaking ways, for example in the context of gender and LGBT politics; its relationships with the SNP, Northern Ireland, the Scottish media and the UK Tory Party; its use of Scottish national identity in promoting itself electorally\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComplements and updates David Torrance's 2012 edited volume for Edinburgh University Press on the decline of the party, \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to Tory Scotland?\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps inform Scottish political and academic discourse ahead of the 2021 Holyrood elections\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Ruth Davidson was elected leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party in 2011, it was considered something of a joke: in electoral decline for decades, politically irrelevant and apparently beyond the point of no return. But by 2017, 'Ruth Davidson's Conservatives' had become Scotland's second party at Holyrood and Westminster, and its leader spoken of as a future leader of the UK Conservative Party, if not the next Scottish First Minister. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, which brings together leading academics and analysts, examines the extraordinary revival of the Scottish Conservative Party between 2011 and Ruth Davidson's shock resignation in 2019. Contributors look at the importance of gender and sexuality, the 2014 independence referendum, the Scottish media and the UK Conservative Party's 'territorial code' to the changing fortunes of the party and its leader, asking if it can be sustained amid the turbulence of two ongoing constitutional debates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Torrance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474455638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474455633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"David Torrance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942848135423,"sku":"9781474455633","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0ac967dd-115d-4840-8b9e-78c8af0e7997.jpg?v=1681494704","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ruth-davidsons-conservatives-david-torrance-9781474455633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}