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ECPR General Conference Wrocław, 04 - 07 September 2019

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Who’s Afraid of the Scots? The Rise of Scottish Elites in British Politics

Elites

Public Administration

Regionalism

Presenter(s)

Alejandro Peinado García

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Author(s)

Alejandro Peinado García

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Panel Peripheral Elites in the Central State’s Apparatus

Abstract

Most has been said about the power of Scottish elites in London since the election of Tony Blair. Drawing on an original dataset on the territorial origin of British ministers since 1945, this paper aims to identify who are the Scottish elites and what is their influence in Westminster and Downing Street. 