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A Nation Changed? Provides the first detailed and wide-ranging analysis of the SNP in office. It looks at how Scotland has changed and not changed during that time, and the challenges that lie ahead. The book examines the SNP's record, its role as a government and as a party, detailed policy issues such as education and health, the Brexit conundrum and independence.
Offering insights and suggestions for further action and reform, A Nation Changed? brings together an unparalleled range of knowledgeable and expert voices all of whom care deeply about Scotland, public policy, the state of democracy, and the future of our nation. Irrespective of your political views or allegiance, this groundbreaking study offers fresh thinking, food for thought and ideas for debate concerning the changing terrain of Scottish politics.
Contents
Acknowledgements 9
The snp, Modern Scotland and Power in Transition 11
gerry hassan and simon barrow
Section One: The Political and Economic Landscape
31
The Party and the Electorate 32
john curtice
The Scottish Government Under the snp 40
richard parry
Why is the snp So Pleased with the Scottish Parliament?
46
paul cairney
The snp, the Politics of Discipline and Westminster 52
kate devlin
The snp and Local Government 58
neil mcgarvey
The snp's Economic Strategy: Economic Performance in a
Changing Fiscal Context 67
jim and margaret cuthbert
The Scottish Economy, the snp and the Absence of
Economic Nationalism 74
douglas fraser
The Scottish Economy: Breaking with Business as Usual? 82
mike danson
Section Two: A Social Justice Scotland for All? 93
A Fairer and More Socially Just Scotland? 94
kirstein rummery
Scotland's School Education 102
james mcenaney
The Early Years Agenda 110
suzanne zeedyk
Higher Education: The Story So Far 117
lucy hunter blackburn
A Public Health Politics That is a People's Health 124
tony robertson, sara marsden and anuj kapilashrami
Baby Boxes: A Case Study of One Policy Idea 132
dani garavelli
Scotland the Just? The snp, Crime and Justice 137
sarah armstrong and mary munro
An Era of Compassionate Justice? Assessing a Decade of
snp Governance 142
lesley mcara
Law and Order: Politically Astute and/or Smart on Crime? 151
john carnochan
Section Three: 'We are the People'? Publics, Democracy
and
Citizenship 155
A Decade in the Life of Scotland's Public Services 156
martin sime
Where Does Policy Come From in Scotland? 164
ben wray
'We, the People Who Live Here': Citizenship and the snp 172
andrew tickell
Constitutional Monarchy: Kingship or Republic for 21st
Century Scotland? 179
william henderson
Gender, Power and Women: Movement and Government Politics 185
lesley orr
lgbti Scotland: A Story of Progress 192
david jamieson and jen stout
Power to Which People: The Few or the Many? 198
lesley riddoch
How Deep is Our Democracy? 202
katie gallogy-swan
Taking the Temperature: Scotland's Environment after
Black Gold 209
sarah beattie-smith
Section Four: The Politics of Place and Belonging 215
Scotland's Public Sphere: From Unspace to Diverse Assembly? 216
gerry hassan
Means and Ends: Progressive Nationalism and
Neopolitical Practices 226
ken neil
Alternative Scotlands: New Spaces and Practices
and Overcoming 'Unspace' 231
vérène nicolas
Glasgow: The Challenges Facing Scotland's First City 235
sue laughlin
The Story of Land Reform: From the Margins to Centre Stage? 241
alison elliot
Section Five: Cultures of Imagination 247
The snp and the Press 248
peter geoghegan
The snp and Broadcasting 254
christopher silver
The Importance of Arts and Culture: A Journey Over
Devolved Scotland 262
mark fisher
Begbie's Belief: Miserablism Behind Bars: No Longer a
Nation of Trainspotters 269
eleanor yule
The Mongrel Nation of Scotland? Scottishness, Identities
and Nationalism 274
Section Six: The Wider World and Context 283
Scotland International 284
john macdonald
Defence and the snp 293
william walker
The Meaning of Independence 299
james mitchell
The Evolution of the European Dimension: Where Next? 305
michael keating
The State of Social Democracy and the Scottish Nationalists 315
ben jackson
Making the Scotland of the Future: A Time for Boldness
and Honesty 321
joyce mcmillan
Time to Party? Politics and Energy Inside and Outside the snp 327
simon barrow
Facts and Figures Over Ten Years: An Overview 336
andrew conway
The 2017 uk General Election: All Change for Scottish
Politics and the snp? 346
simon barrow and gerry hassan
Appendix: Scotland 2007-2017: A Chronology 352
gerry hassan
Contributors 363
