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The dimensionality of the Scottish political space

open access: yes, 2012
Wheatley, Jonathan   +3 more
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The Scottish Media and Politics

2008
This chapter will explore the performance of the Scottish media in post-devolution political life, before turning its attention to the specific coverage of the 2007 election.
Neil Blain, David Hutchison
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Scottish Politics : an Introduction

open access: yes, 2008
A major new book providing a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of Scottish politics and policy and assessment of the new institutions of devolved government.
McGarvey, N., Cairney, P.
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The Politics of Scottish Housing Plans

Policy & Politics, 1984
The Scottish Housing Plan system was intended to bring about a radical change in the relationship between central and local government, by giving authorities greater scope to devise policies relative to local needs. In practice, Housing Plans provide a formal framework around which bargaining and negotiation takes place.
Midwinter, A., Keating, M., Taylor, P.
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Political Science and Scottish Politics

British Journal of Political Science, 1980
There is now a considerable literature about Scottish politics, most of it concerned with nationalism and devolution, but some of it consisting of institutional and administrative studies. The purpose of this article is to review the main books and articles in the field and to assess their successes and failures in accurately portraying and predicting ...
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Scottish Politics and Society

1991
Twenty years ago, a book on Scottish politics might have appeared an eccentricity. The ‘homogeneity thesis’ held that Britain’s unitary constitution rested on a uniform political culture in which issues of territory, religion, language and nationality had given way to a politics of class.
Arthur Midwinter   +2 more
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Women and Scottish Politics

1998
The 1997 general election will be remembered as record-breaking in many respects. One of the features that attracted media headlines was the significant rise in the number of women MPs in the House of Commons, increasing from the 1992 figure of 60 to a total of 120.
Alice Brown   +2 more
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The political theory of the Scottish Enlightenment

2003
Scotland's singular voice within the polyphony of the European Enlightenment has attracted a great deal of debate. As historians attempt to weigh local varieties of Enlightenment, informed by disparate religious, political and cultural settings, against the transnational concerns and cosmopolitan aspirations of 'the' Enlightenment, Scotland posits a ...
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