Has devolution delivered? / edited by Catherine Bromley ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bromley, Catherine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decentralization in government--Scotland.

Decentralization in government.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

xi, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006.

Summary:

One of the key aims of devolution in Scotland was to change the way people felt about their country and the way they were governed. This book draws on a unique range of Scottish Election Studies and Scottish Social Attitudes surveys to explore the early success - or otherwise - of devolution in meeting this objective. It asks how the Scottish public has reacted to the initial experience of devolution, and what lessons this experience might have for the future of devolution.

The following questions are considered: How have public attitudes towards the governance of Scotland within the Union evolved from pre-devolution to the end of the first term of the Scottish Parliament? What has happened to support for the principal advocates for leaving the Union, the SNP? Why are fewer people voting in devolved elections than in UK elections? To what degree does the behaviour of those who vote reveal a sense of involvement in the work of the Parliament? What are voters' attitudes to the additional member electoral system? Who are regarded as fellow Scots by those who call themselves 'Scottish'? What are Scots' attitudes towards the Pakistani and English minorities in Scotland? Drawing on rich sources, this book presents a comprehensive and complete analysis of the Scottish public's evolving view of devolution.

Contents:

Part 1 Devolution and Independence

2 The Devolution Conundrum? / Alison Park, David McCrone 15

3 A Better Union? / Paula Surridge 29

4 Sources of Support for the SNP / Lindsay Paterson 46

Part 2 Devolved Elections

5 Holyrood 2003 - Where were the Voters? / Catherine Bromley 71

6 Is Holyrood Accountable and Representative? / John Curtice 90

7 A Chance to Experiment? / John Curtice 109

8 Proportional Power / John Curtice 123

Part 3 National Identity

9 Routes into Scottishness? / Ross Bond, Michael Rosie 141

10 Islamophobia and Anglophobia in Post-Devolution Scotland / Asifa Hussain, William Miller 159

Technical Appendix 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0748622462

OCLC:

62177697

Publisher Number:

9780748622467