The story of the Scottish Parliament : the first two decades explained / edited by Gerry Hassan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassan, Gerry, Author.

Contributor:

Hassan, Gerry, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland. Parliament.

Scotland.

Scotland--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Marking the first 20 years of the Scottish Parliament, this collection of essays assesses its impact on Scotland, the UK and Europe, and compares progress against pre-devolution hopes and expectations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Notes on the Contributors

INTRODUCTION Back to the Future: Exploring Twenty Years of Scotland’s Journey, Stories and Politics

Part One. The Political Institutions and Environment

ONE The Electorate and Elections

TWO. Attitudes to Constitutional Change

THREE. The Scottish Government

FOUR The Scottish Civil Service

FIVE The Scottish Parliament and ‘New Politics’ at Twenty

SIX The Emergence of a Scottish Political Class

SEVEN The Committee System of the Scottish Parliament

EIGHT Scotland and Westminster and Continental Drift

NINE British Political Tradition and Scottish Local Government

TEN Public Spending and Taxation

Part Two. Scotland’s Political Parties

ELEVEN SNP: Devolution Winners

TWELVE The Fall of the House of Scottish Labour

THIRTEEN The Scottish Conservative Party: Wilderness to Recovery

FOURTEEN The Liberal Democrats: From Coalition to the Margins

FIFTEEN Greens: Radical and Relevant?

SIXTEEN Socialism in a Cold Climate: The Radical Left since 1999

Part Three. The Wider Environment

SEVENTEEN Scotland’s Brexit Blues

EIGHTEEN Europe

NINETEEN Independence and Union Revisited: Recent Interpretations in Scottish History, Literature and Politics

Part Four. Inside Politics

TWENTY The Parliament Sits in the Land

TWENTY-ONE Devolution: An Assessment

TWENTY-TWO Inside the Changing Business of Governing Scotland

TWENTY-THREE The Journey of the Scottish Parliament to Maturity

TWENTY-FOUR From Think Twice to Radical Devolution: A Scottish Conservative Movement

TWENTY-FIVE The Scottish Parliament: Past Dreams, Present Realities, Possible Futures

Appendix: A Chronology of Scottish Politics and Devolution, 1997–2019

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1474454917

9781474454902

OCLC:

1306540814