Research Catalog

Title

Scotland : the challenge of devolution / edited by Alex Wright.

Publication

Aldershot, Hampshire, England : Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2000.

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Additional Authors

Wright, Alex, 1952-

Description

xiii, 268 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

Analyzes the first year of the Scottish Parliament and the challenges confronting it. After overview chapters, themes include the 1999 election and political parties, intergovernmental relations between Scotland and the UK and between Ireland and the EU, pressure groups and civic society, and devolution, economics, and the UK Territorial Project. Contributors are academics in politics, regional economics, international relations, and government at Scottish universities. Material originated at a September 1999 conference on the Scottish Parliament, held at the University of Dundee. The editor is affiliated with the University. c. Book News Inc.

Series Statement

Urban and regional planning and development

Uniform Title

Urban and regional planning and development.

Subject

• Scotland. Parliament
• Schottland Parlament
• Écosse. Parliament > Congrès
• Ecosse. Parliament
• 1900-1999
• Geschichte 1900-2000
• Home rule > Scotland
• Decentralization in government > Scotland
• Décentralisation
• Déconcentration
• Parlement
• Pouvoir politique
• Aspects socio-économiques
• Démocratie
• Politique étrangère
• Partis politiques
• Decentralization in government
• Home rule
• Politics and government
• Dezentralisation
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Politieke structuur
• Bestuursorganisatie
• Buitenlandse betrekkingen
• Parlementaire democratie
• Politieke partijen
• Décentralisation administrative > Grande-Bretagne > Écosse (GB) > Congrès
• Scotland > Politics and government > 20th century
• Ecosse
• Royaume-Uni
• Scotland
• Großbritannien
• Schottland
• Écosse (GB) > Politique et gouvernement > Congrès. > 20e siècle
• Ecosse (GB) > Politique et gouvernement > 1945- ..

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

List of contributors -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- pt. I. Overview. 1. Introduction / Alex Wright ; 2. Scotland's Parliament: a mini Westminster, or a model for democracy? / David Millar ; 3. Some constitutional aspects of devolution / James G. Kellas ; 4. Scottish politics after the election: towards a Scottish political system? / Alice Brown -- pt. II. The 1999 election and political parties. 5. How Scotland voted in 1999 / Ian Clark ; 6. Small parties in a devolved Scotland / Lynn G. Bennie -- pt. III. Inter-governmental relations: Scotland-UK. 7. 'Layers of democracy': making home rule work / John Fairley ; 8. Quasi government in Scotland, a challenge for devolution and the renewal of democracy / Greg Lloyd -- pt. IV. Inter-governmental relations: Ireland-EU-Global. 9. 00 new relations between Scotland and Ireland / Gerard Murray ; 10. Scotland and the EU: all bark and no bite? / Alex Wright ; 11. An oxymoron: the Scottish Parliament and foreign relations? / Trevor Salmon -- pt. V. Pressure groups and civic society. 12. Redemocratizing Scotland. Towards the politics of disappointment? / Grant Jordan and Linda Stevenson ; 13. On the Scottish road to sustainability? / Kevin Dunion ; 14. The Scottish Parliament and Scottish culture: the opportunity for the new era / Paul Henderson Scott -- pt. VI. Devolution, economics, and the UK territorial project. 15. Devolution and the political economy of Scotland / Mike Danson and Karen Gilmore ; 16. The politics of devolution finance / Arthur Midwinter ; 17. Setting the pace: Scotland and the UK devolution project / Peter Roberts -- Index.

ISBN

• 0754612546
• 9780754612544

LCCN

00134829

OCLC

• ocm47297438
• 47297438
• SCSB-1201473

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library