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Title Story of the Scottish Parliament : the first two decades explained.
Publisher Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]



Descript 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)
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Contents Introduction: A New Political Landscape? / Gerry Hassan -- Section One: The Political Institutions and Environment. 1. The Electorate and Elections / John Curtice ; 2. Attitudes to Constitutional Change / Alisa Henderson ; 3. The Scottish Government / Margaret Arnott ; 4. The Scottish Civil Service / Zoe Ferguson ; 5. The Scottish Parliament and ‘new politics’ at twenty / Emily St. Denny ; 6. The Emergence of a Scottish Political Classes / Klaus Stolz ; 7. The Committee System of the Scottish Parliament / Mark Shephard ; 8. Scotland and Westminster and continental drift / Torcuil Crichton ; 9. British political tradition and Scottish Local Government / Neil McGarvey ; 10. Public Spending and Taxation / Richard Kerley -- Section Two: Scotland’s Political Parties. 11. SNP: Devolution Winners / Craig McAngus ; 12. The Fall of the House of Labour / Gerry Hassan ; 13. The Scottish Conservative Party: Wilderness to Recovery / Alan Convery ; 14. The Liberal Democrats: From Coalition to the Margins / David Torrance ; 15. Scottish Greens: Radical and Relevant? Lynn Bennie ; 16. Socialism in a Cold Climate: The Radical Left since 1999 / Ewan Gibbs -- Section Three: The Wider Environment. 17. Brexit / Kirsty Hughes ; 18. Europe / David Gow ; 19. Independence and Union Revisited: Recent Interpretations in Scottish History, Literature and Politics / Colin Kidd -- Section Four: Inside Politics. 20. The Parliament sits in the Land / Ambrose Gillick and Lee Ivett ; 21. Devolution: An Assessment / Jim Gallagher ; 22. Inside the Changing Business of Governing Scotland / Marco G. Biagi ; 23. The Journey of the Scottish Parliament to Maturity / Johann Lamont ; 24. From Think Twice to Radical Devolution: A Conservative Movement / Murdo Fraser ; 25. The Scottish Parliament: Past Dreams, Present Realities, Possible Futures / Joyce McMillan -- Appendix: A Chronology of Scottish Politics and Devolution 1997-2019 / Gerry Hassan.
ISBN 9781474454919 (electronic bk.)
1474454917 (electronic bk.)
1474454909
9781474454902
9781474454896
1474454895 (Trade Cloth)
EAN 9781474454896
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Subject Scotland. Parliament.
Scotland -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Introduction: A New Political Landscape? / Gerry Hassan -- Section One: The Political Institutions and Environment. 1. The Electorate and Elections / John Curtice ; 2. Attitudes to Constitutional Change / Alisa Henderson ; 3. The Scottish Government / Margaret Arnott ; 4. The Scottish Civil Service / Zoe Ferguson ; 5. The Scottish Parliament and ‘new politics’ at twenty / Emily St. Denny ; 6. The Emergence of a Scottish Political Classes / Klaus Stolz ; 7. The Committee System of the Scottish Parliament / Mark Shephard ; 8. Scotland and Westminster and continental drift / Torcuil Crichton ; 9. British political tradition and Scottish Local Government / Neil McGarvey ; 10. Public Spending and Taxation / Richard Kerley -- Section Two: Scotland’s Political Parties. 11. SNP: Devolution Winners / Craig McAngus ; 12. The Fall of the House of Labour / Gerry Hassan ; 13. The Scottish Conservative Party: Wilderness to Recovery / Alan Convery ; 14. The Liberal Democrats: From Coalition to the Margins / David Torrance ; 15. Scottish Greens: Radical and Relevant? Lynn Bennie ; 16. Socialism in a Cold Climate: The Radical Left since 1999 / Ewan Gibbs -- Section Three: The Wider Environment. 17. Brexit / Kirsty Hughes ; 18. Europe / David Gow ; 19. Independence and Union Revisited: Recent Interpretations in Scottish History, Literature and Politics / Colin Kidd -- Section Four: Inside Politics. 20. The Parliament sits in the Land / Ambrose Gillick and Lee Ivett ; 21. Devolution: An Assessment / Jim Gallagher ; 22. Inside the Changing Business of Governing Scotland / Marco G. Biagi ; 23. The Journey of the Scottish Parliament to Maturity / Johann Lamont ; 24. From Think Twice to Radical Devolution: A Conservative Movement / Murdo Fraser ; 25. The Scottish Parliament: Past Dreams, Present Realities, Possible Futures / Joyce McMillan -- Appendix: A Chronology of Scottish Politics and Devolution 1997-2019 / Gerry Hassan.
ISBN 9781474454919 (electronic bk.)
1474454917 (electronic bk.)
1474454909
9781474454902
9781474454896
1474454895 (Trade Cloth)
EAN 9781474454896
Subject Scotland. Parliament.
Scotland -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

Subject Scotland. Parliament.
Scotland -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Introduction: A New Political Landscape? / Gerry Hassan -- Section One: The Political Institutions and Environment. 1. The Electorate and Elections / John Curtice ; 2. Attitudes to Constitutional Change / Alisa Henderson ; 3. The Scottish Government / Margaret Arnott ; 4. The Scottish Civil Service / Zoe Ferguson ; 5. The Scottish Parliament and ‘new politics’ at twenty / Emily St. Denny ; 6. The Emergence of a Scottish Political Classes / Klaus Stolz ; 7. The Committee System of the Scottish Parliament / Mark Shephard ; 8. Scotland and Westminster and continental drift / Torcuil Crichton ; 9. British political tradition and Scottish Local Government / Neil McGarvey ; 10. Public Spending and Taxation / Richard Kerley -- Section Two: Scotland’s Political Parties. 11. SNP: Devolution Winners / Craig McAngus ; 12. The Fall of the House of Labour / Gerry Hassan ; 13. The Scottish Conservative Party: Wilderness to Recovery / Alan Convery ; 14. The Liberal Democrats: From Coalition to the Margins / David Torrance ; 15. Scottish Greens: Radical and Relevant? Lynn Bennie ; 16. Socialism in a Cold Climate: The Radical Left since 1999 / Ewan Gibbs -- Section Three: The Wider Environment. 17. Brexit / Kirsty Hughes ; 18. Europe / David Gow ; 19. Independence and Union Revisited: Recent Interpretations in Scottish History, Literature and Politics / Colin Kidd -- Section Four: Inside Politics. 20. The Parliament sits in the Land / Ambrose Gillick and Lee Ivett ; 21. Devolution: An Assessment / Jim Gallagher ; 22. Inside the Changing Business of Governing Scotland / Marco G. Biagi ; 23. The Journey of the Scottish Parliament to Maturity / Johann Lamont ; 24. From Think Twice to Radical Devolution: A Conservative Movement / Murdo Fraser ; 25. The Scottish Parliament: Past Dreams, Present Realities, Possible Futures / Joyce McMillan -- Appendix: A Chronology of Scottish Politics and Devolution 1997-2019 / Gerry Hassan.
ISBN 9781474454919 (electronic bk.)
1474454917 (electronic bk.)
1474454909
9781474454902
9781474454896
1474454895 (Trade Cloth)
EAN 9781474454896

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