Politics

Politics is a very interesting topic to explore for your dissertation and could lend to a very captivating dissertation. If this is an area you are interested in, please take a look at these examples for some inspiration:

Example politics dissertation topic 1:

‘Not economically viable’ – Is this assertion as regards total Scottish independence defensible?

The election of a majority SNP Government in Scotland has not only led to calls (from both sides of the border) for a re-casting of the economic Barnett Formula but also to the promise of a referendum on full independence. Given

the lack of either political or academic unity on whether or not such a move would be financially possible, let alone desirable, this thesis addresses the issues through both a review of existing literature upon the subject as well as through interviews with a number of key players in the political debate.

Suggested initial topic reading

• Dow, S. (2003) ‘The prospects facing an independent Scotland in the Eurozone alongside the rest of the UK’, Scottish Affairs, Vol. 45, pp. 1-13.
• Midwinter, A. (2012) ‘Fiscal autonomy in Scotland: An assessment and critique’, Public Money & Management, Vol. 32(1), pp. 49-52.