A Diverse Assembly: The Debate on a Scottish Parliament

Lindsay Paterson

Published by Edinburgh University Press 1998

A Diverse Assembly

The Debate on a Scottish Parliament

Lindsay Paterson

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780585110011

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About this book

The 1997 Scottish Referendum confirmed the wish of the people of Scotland for their first Parliament in almost 300 years. In A Diverse Assembly Lindsay Paterson draws together for the first time a collection of the key arguments for and against the reinstating of a Scottish Parliament. Gathered from newspapers, journals, books and speeches, the voices of the major players in the debate can be heard.

Key Features

The only collection of its kind: allows the reader to trace the arguments behind the debate on a Scottish Parliament
Strong representation of the main viewpoints in the debate and of the four main political parties in Scotland
Includes the words of many of the key figures in politics including Edward Heath, John Smith, Robin Cook and Margaret Thatcher.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
A Scottish Assembly Robert Crawford Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Beginnings, 1968-74
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
The Claim of Scotland H. J. Paton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Why Enmity and Conflict? Esmond Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
The Declaration of Perth Edward Heath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
The Three Dreams of Scottish Nationalism Tom Nairn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
The Government of Scotland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Forms and Consequences of Federalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
An Assembly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
A Scheme of Legislative Devolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
The New Appeal of Nationalism John P Mackintosh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Part II: The Devolution Years, 1974-83
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Scottish Government Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
A Parliament for Scotland John P. Mackintosh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
The Devolution of the Intellectuals Christopher Harvie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Our Changing Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Nationalism, Community and Democracy Isabel Lindsay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
Speech to Parliament Alick Buchanan-Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
The Slide to Independence Tam Dalyell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
The Trouble with John P. Mackintosh Stephen Maxwell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Why it must be 'No' when Assembly is put to the Vote Teddy Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
The Conservative Party and Devolution Francis Pym and Leon Brittan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Speech and Interview Alec Douglas Home Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
The Defeat of Devolution Vernon Bogdanor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Interview: Portrait of a Devolutionist John Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Part III: Reactions to Thatcherism, 1983-92
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Interview: Devolution Robin Cook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Scotland - Omega One Allan Massie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Towards a Constitutional Convention Alan Lawson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
The Devolution Maze Allan Stewart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
A Claim of Right for Scotland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Lecture Donald Dewar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Unrepentant Gradualism Neil MacCormick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
The Government of Scotland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Church and Nation: a Catholic View Tim Duffy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Women's Issues and the Scottish Assembly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Independence in Europe Jim Sillars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Thatcherism in a Cold Climate David McCrone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
The Implications of a Scottish Parliament for Women's Organisations in Scotland Alice Brown and Yvonne Strachan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
The Scottish Constitutional Convention James G Kellas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Part IV: Towards the Parliament, 1992-7
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
The Scottish Question Christine Richard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Taking Stock of Taking Stock Ian Lang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
To Make the Parliament of Scotland a Model for Democracy Bernard Crick and David Millar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
The Governance of Scotland Michael Forsyth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
A Scottish Parliament: Friend or Foe to Local Government? Rosemary McKenna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Scottish Local Government in Europe Charles Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
Fundamentals for a New Scotland Act Graham Leicester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
Scotland's Next Step Peter Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
Sovereignty after the Election Tom Nairn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Three-level Path to Flourish in Europe David Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Scotland's Parliament Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
What's the Story? John Lloyd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
Losing Sight of Tinkerbell Joyce McMillan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296
Don't Wreck the Heritage we all Share Margaret Thatcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Free, on our Own Terms Michael Fry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
Some Poetry, Pipers and Politics for the People Neal Ascherson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Keywords: Scottish Studies

eBook

Published: February 7, 2022
ISBN: 9780585110011