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.

在过去的十年里，苏格兰领导人一直对北极地区采取积极主动的政策，指出与北欧国家的文化亲和力和历史联系。这种与北方的接触是在面临两大转变的情况下发生的：北极气候和地缘政治变化的加速;和苏格兰的独立运动。补充现有的文献，重点是如何通过苏格兰政府的倡议，构成了“北方转向”，这些转变正在动员，这项研究将侧重于随之而来的文化转型，询问苏格兰是如何促进更新，北方的身份，and how this is perceived感知bythe Scottish苏格兰people.在回答这些问题时，我将讨论是否真的存在“北方转向”，如果是的话，苏格兰对外政策的这一转折点是否延伸到苏格兰的身份认同。这些问题最终涉及到更广泛的问题，即政策与身份之间的关系，甚至更广泛地说，政治（或国家政策）与文化之间的关系。使用的理论框架在关键的地缘政治（CG）和外交政策分析（FPA）的交叉点，这项研究将主要采用混合方法的方法进行应用定量和定性工具的数据来自各种ofsources，包括文本（包括报纸，地图和政策文件），精英访谈，并在庆祝苏格兰的北方联系的文化活动管理的调查。