Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Notes on the Contributors vii
4. 1 The People’s Party, Still? The Sociology of Scotland’s Leading Party 1
5. I Understanding Scottish Labour: History and Environment
6. 2 The Labour Party in Scotland 1888-1945: Pragmatism and Principle 19
7. 3 Labour in Scotland since 1945: Myth and Reality 34
8. 4 The Economic and Social Context of Scottish Labour 51
9. II Scotland’s Leading Party
10. 5 The Scottish Electorate and Labour 67
11. 6 The Politics of Scottish Labour’s Heartlands 86
12. 7 Women and the Labour Party in Scotland 104
13. III Scottish Labour, State, Nation and Autonomy
14. 8 New Labour, New Parliament 125
15. 9 Scottish Labour and British Politics 146
16. 10 Pragmatic Nationalists? The Scottish Labour Party and Nationalism 160
17. 11. The Autonomy and Organisation of Scottish Labour 176
18. IV The Wider Movement, Scotland and Internationally
19. 12. Labour’s Journey from Socialism to Social Democracy: A Case Study of Gordon Brown’s Political Thought 193
20. 13 Scotland, Labour and the Trade Union Movement: Partners in Change or Uneasy Bedfellows? 219
21. 14 Socialism, Territory and the National Question 233
22. Index 247