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The Future of Scottish Politics
1999Speculation about the future of Scottish politics is easy; prediction is much more difficult. This final chapter attempts to predict on the basis of the speculations of the respondents to two surveys: the Scottish Election Survey and the Scottish Referendum Survey, both of 1997.
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The Scottish Political Commentariat
2014This chapter introduces the idea of the commentariat. It reviews the emergence and evolution of the term and how it is differentiated from related practices and groups, such as journalists.
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1989
First published in 1973, Professor Kellas's account of Scottish government and politics has long been recognised as the standard textbook in the field. Its scope includes a definition of the Scottish political system, and critical descriptions of Scottish administration (central and local), parliamentary activity, parties, electoral behaviour, and ...
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First published in 1973, Professor Kellas's account of Scottish government and politics has long been recognised as the standard textbook in the field. Its scope includes a definition of the Scottish political system, and critical descriptions of Scottish administration (central and local), parliamentary activity, parties, electoral behaviour, and ...
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Politics and the Scottish Constitution
1998We saw in the last chapter that state, society and nation are more complex ideas than is commonly supposed in the rhetoric of politics. The problem is exacerbated in a state such as the UK where there is no written constitution. It is impossible to go to an authoritative document to settle disputes about where power and sovereignty lie.
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Devolution and Scottish Politics Ten Years on
Government and Opposition, 2012The article reviews some of the most significant books on Scottish politics ten years after the implementation of ...
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The Scottish Question and the Future of Politics
1998Why look at Scotland? In nations which do not have independent legislatures, it is easy to assume that they do not have ‘politics’. Scotland does not figure in conventional textbooks on British politics, which assume the homogeneity of the British state, or, at best, add a chapter on Scotland or ‘the Celtic fringe’.
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Review: Guide to Scottish Politics
Scottish Affairs, 2001The first section, on people, provides a list of MSPs by their region of representation, party and position. Additional reference material such as cabinet, committee and cross-party group membership, and addresses for local authorities, MEPs, the Civic Forum and Scotland's lord lieutenants are also provided.
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The politics of Scottish education
2008Commentary on every aspect of Scottish education and is essential reading for anyone concerned to know how education 'works' in Scotland.
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1973
in 1599 seven copies of Basilikon Doron, James VI’s account of kingship, were privately printed and given to his wife and son and to ‘some of my trustiest servants’, who included, at first sight surprisingly, the earls of Huntly, Erroll and Angus, those earls who had had a long run of defiance of the Crown in the late 1580s and early 1590s.
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in 1599 seven copies of Basilikon Doron, James VI’s account of kingship, were privately printed and given to his wife and son and to ‘some of my trustiest servants’, who included, at first sight surprisingly, the earls of Huntly, Erroll and Angus, those earls who had had a long run of defiance of the Crown in the late 1580s and early 1590s.
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