Politics and Society in Scotland

ISBN-13: 9780333747087 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 260 str.

Alice Brown;David McCrone;Lindsay Paterson

Opis

Substantially revised and rewritten in the light of the 1997 General Election and Devolution referendum, the 2nd edition of this widely-used text provides an up-to-date assessment of Scottish politics under Blair and the likely impact of the new Scottish Parliament. The book focuses in particular on Scotland's constitutional position within the UK; its system of policy making; the nature of the Scottish economy; and the changing patterns of party electoral and grass roots politics. An important feature is its focus throughout on the relationship between culture, identity and ethnicity and that between politics and civil society as it has developed since the Act of Union in 1707.

Spis treści

Scottish Politics, 1907-1997.- Politics, State and Society.- Politics and the Scottish Constitution.- The Scottish Economy.- Party Politics in Scotland.- Electoral Change and Political Attitudes.- Women and Scottish Politics.- Ethnicity, Culture and Identity.- The Scottish Question and the Future of Politics.

O autorze

ALICE BROWN is Professor of Politics, University of Edinburgh. She has published widely on Scottish politics and on women in politics and society.

DAVID MCCRONE is Professor of Sociology, University of Edinburgh, and convenor of the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland. He has published extensively on the sociology, culture and politics of Scotland.

LINDSAY PATERSON is Professor of Educational Policy, Moray House Institute of Education, Heriot-Watt University. He has written widely on Scottish politics and on the sociology of education.