Any political analysis of the Scottish referendum on
secession from Britain should include not only the Scottish National Party
(SNP) and Westminster, but also other large E.U. states and even the E.U.
powers at the federal level. Such an analysis may leave the cynic wondering
whether the question could even conceivably be decided by the Scots
themselves—so much being on the line for state and federal officials and their
respective institutions.
The full essay is at "Essays on the E.U. Political Economy," available at Amazon.