A new Scotland : building an equal, fair and sustainable society / edited by Gregor Gall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gall, Gregor, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Social history.

Equality--Scotland.

Equality.

Nationalism.

Scotland--Politics and government.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 328 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Pluto Press, [2022]

Summary:

Inequality and unfairness still stalk Scotland after more than twenty years of devolution. Having done little to shield against austerity, Brexit and an increasingly right-wing Westminster agenda, calls for further constitutional reform to solve pressing political, economic and social problems grow ever louder. The debate over further devolution or independence continues to split the population.In A New Scotland, leading activists and academics lay out the blueprints for radical reform, showing how society can be transformed by embedding values of democracy, social justice and environmental sustainability into a coherent set of policy ideas.Structured in two parts, the book takes to task the challenges to affect radical change, before exploring new approaches to key questions such as healthcare, education, public ownership, race, gender and human rights.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Social Justice in Scotland

Gregor Gall

Part I: Key Issues

1. The Structural Development of Poverty and Inequality

Carlo Morelli and Gerry Mooney

2. Towards Climate Justice

Mary Church, Niamh McNulty and Eurig Scandrett

3. Neo-liberalism and Scotland

George Kerevan

4. Economic Democracy and Public Participation

Andrew Cumbers and Robert McMaster5. Re-thinking Public Ownership for an Independent Scotland

Alex de Ruyter and Geoff Whittam

6. Can Democracy Go Hand-in-hand with Efficiency?

David Erdal and John Bratton

Part II: Policy Areas

7. Towards an Effective Right to Housing in Scotland

Regina Serpa and Emma Saunders

8. Creating a Healthier Scotland

Iain Ferguson and Gerry McCartney

9. Improving Learning: Education after the Pandemic

Brian Boyd, Larry Flanagan, Henry Maitles and Mary Senior

10. Income, Wealth and Inequality in Scotland

Mike Danson and Francis Stuart11. Fiscal Policy in Scotland: Under Devolution and Under Independence

Jim Cuthbert

12. Governing Scotland

Robin McAlipine, James Henderson and Claire Bynner

13. Decent Work in Scotland

a Charter for Change

Jane Carolan, Ruth Dukes and Eleanor Kirk

14. Alienation and Exclusion to Empowerment and Inclusion? Human Rights in Scotland

Carole Ewart, Janis McDonald and Sean Whittaker

15. Towards Gender Justice: Enhancing Participation, Reimagining Econmics and Ending Gender-based Violence

Kirsty Alexander and Jenny Morrison16. Race and Migration in Scotland

Gareth Mulvey, Talat Ahmed and Colin Clark

17. Land Ownership and Community Development

Mike Danson and Craig Dalzell

18. Confounding the Capitalist Car-centric Culture

Caitlin Doyle Cottrill, Ellie Harrison and David Spaven

Part III: Political Practice

19. Leisure and Culture

Kathryn A. Burnett and Douglas Chalmers

20. Radical Scotland

Rory Scothorne and Ewan Gibbs

21. Social Democracy and Labourism

Alex Law and Kenny MacAskill22. 'The People's Parliament', Political Classes and 'the Missing Scotland'

Gerry Hassan and Hannah Graham

23. Community Campaigns

the Power to Change

Willie Sullivan, Lynn Henderson, Linda Somerville and Ruth Lightbody

24. Constitutional Conundrums: Is There Still a Third Way?

Michael Keating

Afterword: From National to Local

Dave Watson

Contributors' Biographies

Index

ISBN:

9780745345109 (electronic book)

9780745345086

0745345085

9780745345109

0745345107

OCLC:

1318990572