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Appendix: A Chronology of Scottish Politics and Devolution, 1997–2019
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Gerry Hassan
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- Tables vi
- Notes on the Contributors vii
- INTRODUCTION Back to the Future: Exploring Twenty Years of Scotland’s Journey, Stories and Politics 1
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Part One. The Political Institutions and Environment
- ONE The Electorate and Elections 29
- TWO. Attitudes to Constitutional Change 45
- THREE. The Scottish Government 52
- FOUR The Scottish Civil Service 64
- FIVE The Scottish Parliament and ‘New Politics’ at Twenty 73
- SIX The Emergence of a Scottish Political Class 84
- SEVEN The Committee System of the Scottish Parliament 97
- EIGHT Scotland and Westminster and Continental Drift 105
- NINE British Political Tradition and Scottish Local Government 116
- TEN Public Spending and Taxation 123
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Part Two. Scotland’s Political Parties
- ELEVEN SNP: Devolution Winners 133
- TWELVE The Fall of the House of Scottish Labour 145
- THIRTEEN The Scottish Conservative Party: Wilderness to Recovery 159
- FOURTEEN The Liberal Democrats: From Coalition to the Margins 169
- FIFTEEN Greens: Radical and Relevant? 179
- SIXTEEN Socialism in a Cold Climate: The Radical Left since 1999 189
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Part Three. The Wider Environment
- SEVENTEEN Scotland’s Brexit Blues 199
- EIGHTEEN Europe 211
- NINETEEN Independence and Union Revisited: Recent Interpretations in Scottish History, Literature and Politics 219
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Part Four. Inside Politics
- TWENTY The Parliament Sits in the Land 229
- TWENTY-ONE Devolution: An Assessment 242
- TWENTY-TWO Inside the Changing Business of Governing Scotland 252
- TWENTY-THREE The Journey of the Scottish Parliament to Maturity 260
- TWENTY-FOUR From Think Twice to Radical Devolution: A Scottish Conservative Movement 268
- TWENTY-FIVE The Scottish Parliament: Past Dreams, Present Realities, Possible Futures 276
- Appendix: A Chronology of Scottish Politics and Devolution, 1997–2019 289
- Index 301
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- Tables vi
- Notes on the Contributors vii
- INTRODUCTION Back to the Future: Exploring Twenty Years of Scotland’s Journey, Stories and Politics 1
-
Part One. The Political Institutions and Environment
- ONE The Electorate and Elections 29
- TWO. Attitudes to Constitutional Change 45
- THREE. The Scottish Government 52
- FOUR The Scottish Civil Service 64
- FIVE The Scottish Parliament and ‘New Politics’ at Twenty 73
- SIX The Emergence of a Scottish Political Class 84
- SEVEN The Committee System of the Scottish Parliament 97
- EIGHT Scotland and Westminster and Continental Drift 105
- NINE British Political Tradition and Scottish Local Government 116
- TEN Public Spending and Taxation 123
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Part Two. Scotland’s Political Parties
- ELEVEN SNP: Devolution Winners 133
- TWELVE The Fall of the House of Scottish Labour 145
- THIRTEEN The Scottish Conservative Party: Wilderness to Recovery 159
- FOURTEEN The Liberal Democrats: From Coalition to the Margins 169
- FIFTEEN Greens: Radical and Relevant? 179
- SIXTEEN Socialism in a Cold Climate: The Radical Left since 1999 189
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Part Three. The Wider Environment
- SEVENTEEN Scotland’s Brexit Blues 199
- EIGHTEEN Europe 211
- NINETEEN Independence and Union Revisited: Recent Interpretations in Scottish History, Literature and Politics 219
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Part Four. Inside Politics
- TWENTY The Parliament Sits in the Land 229
- TWENTY-ONE Devolution: An Assessment 242
- TWENTY-TWO Inside the Changing Business of Governing Scotland 252
- TWENTY-THREE The Journey of the Scottish Parliament to Maturity 260
- TWENTY-FOUR From Think Twice to Radical Devolution: A Scottish Conservative Movement 268
- TWENTY-FIVE The Scottish Parliament: Past Dreams, Present Realities, Possible Futures 276
- Appendix: A Chronology of Scottish Politics and Devolution, 1997–2019 289
- Index 301