Transforming a Nation by turning North: Scotland's external policy efforts to promote a new Northern Scottish identity

通过转向北方来改造国家：苏格兰为促进新的北苏格兰身份而做出的对外政策努力

• 批准号: 2887998
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Durham University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2887998
• 关键词: Transforming; Nation; turning; North; Scotland

For the past decade, Scottish leaders have been engaging in a proactive policy towards the Arctic region, pointing at cultural affinities and historical links with Nordic countries. This engagement toward the North occurs in the face of two major shifts: accelerated climate and geopolitical change in the Arctic; and Scotland's independence campaign.Complementing existing literature that focuses on how these shifts are being mobilised through Scottish Government initiatives that constitute a 'Northern Turn', this research will focus on the accompanying cultural transformation, asking how Scotland is promoting a renewed, Northern identity, and how this is perceived bythe Scottish people. In answering these questions I will be addressing whether there really is a 'Northern Turn' and, if so, whether or not this turning point in Scottish external policy extends to Scottish identity. These questions ultimately speak to broader questions about the relation between policy, on the one hand, and identity on the other and, even more broadly, between, on the one hand, politics (or state policy) and, on the other hand, culture. Using a theoretical framework at the intersection of Critical Geopolitics (CG) and Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA), this research will mainly be conducted using a mixed-methods approach applying quantitative and qualitative tools to data derived from a variety ofsources including texts (including newspapers, maps, and policydocuments), elite interviews, and surveys administered at cultural events celebrating Scotland's northern linkages.

在过去的十年中，苏格兰领导人一直在对北极地区采取积极的政策，指出了与北欧国家的文化亲和力和历史联系。面对北部的这种参与发生在两个重大转变时：北极的加速气候和地缘政治变化；苏格兰的独立运动。完成现有文献，重点是如何通过构成“北部转弯”的苏格兰政府倡议来动员这些转变，这项研究将集中于随附的文化转型，询问苏格兰如何促进苏格兰的北方身份，以及如何被苏格兰人感知到这一点。在回答这些问题时，我将解决是否真的有“北方转弯”，如果是的，那么苏格兰外部政策中的这个转折点是否扩展到苏格兰身份。这些问题最终谈到了关于政策之间的关系，一方面以及另一方面，甚至更广泛地，一方面是政治（或国家政策），另一方面，另一方面是文化之间的问题。在批判地缘政治（CG）和外交政策分析（FPA）的交汇处使用理论框架，这项研究将主要使用混合方法进行，将定量和定性工具应用于源自包括各种文本（包括报纸，地图和策略录取）在内的各种文本的数据，以及北方的纽带，并宣布了各种各样的事件。