A Diverse Assembly : : The Debate on a Scottish Parliament / / Lindsay Paterson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Paterson, Lindsay,
• MitwirkendeR: Ascherson, Neal,; Bogdanor, Vernon,; Brittan, Leon,; Brown, Alice,; Buchanan-Smith, Alick,; Cook, Robin,; Crawford, Robert,; Crick, Bernard,; Dalyell, Tam,; Dewar, Donald,; Douglas Home, Alec,; Duffy, Tim,; Forsyth, Michael,; Fry, Michael,; Gray, Charles,; Harvie, Christopher,; Heath, Edward,; Jones, Peter,; Kellas, James G,; Lang, Ian,; Lawson, Alan,; Leicester, Graham,; Lindsay, Isabel,; Lloyd, John,; MacCormick, Neil,; Mackintosh, John P,; Mackintosh, John P.,; Martin, David,; Massie, Allan,; Maxwell, Stephen,; McCrone, David,; McKenna, Rosemary,; McMillan, Joyce,; Millar, David,; Nairn, Tom,; Paton, H. J.,; Pym, Francis,; Richard, Christine,; Sillars, Jim,; Smith, John,; Stewart, Allan,; Strachan, Yvonne,; Taylor, Teddy,; Thatcher, Margaret,; Wright, Esmond,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

The 1997 Scottish Referendum confirmed the wish of the people of Scotland for their first Parliament in almost 300 years. In A Diverse Assembly Lindsay Paterson draws together for the first time a collection of the key arguments for and against the reinstating of a Scottish Parliament. Gathered from newspapers, journals, books and speeches, the voices of the major players in the debate can be heard.Key FeaturesThe only collection of its kind: allows the reader to trace the arguments behind the debate on a Scottish ParliamentStrong representation of the main viewpoints in the debate and of the four main political parties in ScotlandIncludes the words of many of the key figures in politics including Edward Heath, John Smith, Robin Cook and Margaret Thatcher.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- A Scottish Assembly -- Introduction -- Part I: Beginnings, 1968-74 -- Introduction -- The Claim of Scotland -- Why Enmity and Conflict? -- The Declaration of Perth -- The Three Dreams of Scottish Nationalism -- The Government of Scotland -- Forms and Consequences of Federalism -- An Assembly -- A Scheme of Legislative Devolution -- The New Appeal of Nationalism -- Part II: The Devolution Years, 1974-83 -- Introduction -- Scottish Government -- A Parliament for Scotland -- The Devolution of the Intellectuals -- Our Changing Democracy -- Nationalism, Community and Democracy -- Speech to Parliament -- The Slide to Independence -- The Trouble with John P. Mackintosh -- Why it must be 'No' when Assembly is put to the Vote -- The Conservative Party and Devolution -- Speech and Interview -- The Defeat of Devolution -- Interview: Portrait of a Devolutionist -- Part III: Reactions to Thatcherism, 1983-92 -- Introduction -- Interview: Devolution -- Scotland - Omega One -- Towards a Constitutional Convention -- The Devolution Maze -- A Claim of Right for Scotland -- Lecture -- Unrepentant Gradualism -- The Government of Scotland -- Church and Nation: a Catholic View -- Women's Issues and the Scottish Assembly -- Independence in Europe -- Thatcherism in a Cold Climate -- The Implications of a Scottish Parliament for Women's Organisations in Scotland -- The Scottish Constitutional Convention -- Part IV: Towards the Parliament, 1992-7 -- Introduction -- The Scottish Question -- Taking Stock of Taking Stock -- To Make the Parliament of Scotland a Model for Democracy -- The Governance of Scotland -- A Scottish Parliament: Friend or Foe to Local Government? -- Scottish Local Government in Europe -- Fundamentals for a New Scotland Act -- Scotland's Next Step -- Sovereignty after the Election -- Three-level Path to Flourish in Europe -- Scotland's Parliament -- What's the Story? -- Losing Sight of Tinkerbell -- Don't Wreck the Heritage we all Share -- Free, on our Own Terms -- Some Poetry, Pipers and Politics for the People -- References -- Index