The Story of the Scottish Parliament : : The First Two Decades Explained / / Gerry Hassan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Hassan, Gerry,
• MitwirkendeR: Arnott, Margaret,; Bennie, Lynn,; Biagi, Marco G.,; Convery, Alan,; Crichton, Torcuil,; Curtice, John,; Ferguson, Zoe,; Fraser, Murdo,; Gallagher, Jim,; Gibbs, Ewan,; Gillick, Ambrose,; Gow, David,; Hassan, Gerry,; Hughes, Kirsty,; Ivett, Lee,; Kerley, Richard,; Kidd, Colin,; Lamont, Johann,; McAngus, Craig,; McGarvey, Neil,; McMillan, Joyce,; Shephard, Mark,; St Denny, Emily,; Stolz, Klaus,; Torrance, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)

How have Scotland’s first post-devolution decades been felt across the political landscape?Features analysis of the key political institutions and parties in ScotlandProvides a detailed chronology of the devolution eraIncludes perspectives from civil servants, campaigners and politicians including Jim Gallagher, Joyce McMillan, Johann Lamont, Murdo Fraser and Marco BiagiIf you want a taster ahead of publication on 1st August you can download the introduction from the resources tab, below.Marking the first twenty 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. It brings together the voices of ministers and advisers, leading political scientists and historians, commentators, journalists and former civil servants – building an authoritative account of what the Scottish Parliament has made of devolution.The Story of the Scottish Parliament is an essential guide to the powers Holyrood may need for Scotland to flourish in an increasingly uncertain world.Contributors to The Story of the Scottish ParliamentMargaret Arnott is professor of public policy at the University of the West of Scotland.Lynn Bennie is reader in politics at the University of Aberdeen. Marco G. Biagi was MSP for Edinburgh from 2011 to 2016, latterly serving as Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment. Alan Convery is lecturer in politics at the University of Edinburgh. Torcuil Crichton is the Daily Record’s Westminster editor and a journalistic veteran of six UK general election campaigns and five Scottish elections. Sir John Curtice is professor of politics at Strathclyde University and senior research fellow, NatCen/ScotCen Social Research. Zoe Ferguson is an associate with the Carnegie UK Trust and has been developing their work on kindness. Murdo Fraser is MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife and was deputy leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party from 2005 to 2011.Jim Gallagher’s 35-year civil service career included heading the Scottish Justice department, being private secretary to two Secretaries of State for Scotland, and twice serving in the No 10 Policy Unit under different Prime Ministers. Ewan Gibbs lectures in sociology and social policy at the University of the West of Scotland and sits on the committee of the Scottish Labour History Society. Ambrose Gillick is a designer and lecturer in architecture at Kent School of Architecture. David Gow is now editor of Social Europe and of sceptical.scot. Gerry Hassan is research fellow in contemporary history at Dundee University. Ailsa Henderson is professor of political science at the University of Edinburgh where she conducts research on comparative sub-state political behaviour and political culture.Kirsty Hughes is director of the Scottish Centre on European Relations. Lee Ivett is an award-winning architect, designer and founding director of Baxendale Studio. Richard Kerley is Emeritus Professor of Management at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and co-chair of the Centre for Scottish Public Policy. Colin Kidd is Wardlaw Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. Johann Lamont is Labour MSP for Glasgow and was previously leader of the Scottish Labour Party.Craig McAngus is a lecturer in politics at the University of the West of Scotland. Neil McGarvey is a senior teaching fellow in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Joyce McMillan is a freelance

Table of 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