Putney Debates 2021: The Unity of a Nation

Putney Debates 2021 lectures

 A course of lectures on the constitutional structure of a selection of nations: the United States, China, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom, were delivered by chosen top experts around the world. Each shows how unity is achieved and its relative success or the problems of the present form of unity and the reasons.

About Putney Debates 2021

The Putney Debates constitute an annual forum for discussion of a constitutional matter in a form accessible to the people.
 
Context of Putney Debates 2021:
 
To unite a group of regions to create a nation is a daunting task under any circumstances. It becomes more difficult when regional identity has a long history, often associated with independence and ethnicity, language and religion. The United Kingdom is an old union of four proud, distinct, and very different parts and peoples. After Brexit, its unity is under strain and the future is precarious; loyalty and support for the constitutional structure is on the wane.
 
Purposes of Putney Debates 2021:
 
  • to construct models of unity from the experience of a selection of nations;
  • to analyse the case of the United Kingdom, identify the points of tension and instability; and
  • to draw on the models of unity to propose an approach suited to the United Kingdom.