The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics

Edited by Michael Keating

Oxford Handbooks

The most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on on the state of Scottish Politics today
Features contributions from the world's leading experts on Scotland
Provides a thorough overview of Scottish politics

The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics

Edited by Michael Keating

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The Handbook of Scottish Politics provides a detailed overview of politics in Scotland, looking at areas such as elections and electoral behaviour, public policy, political parties, and Scotland's relationship with the EU and the wider world. The contributors to this volume are some of the leading experts on politics in Scotland.

The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics

Edited by Michael Keating

Oxford Handbooks

1:Scotland as a Political Community, Michael Keating
Part 1 - Understanding Scotland
2:Nationality and National Identity, David McCrone
3:The Scottish Union in Historic Perspective, Alvin Jackson
4:Women, Gender and Politics in Scotland, Meryl Kenny and Fiona Mackay
5:Youth Politics in Scotland. Participation and Inclusion, Iain MacLeod and Jan Eichhorn
6:Multicultural Scotland, Ross Bond
7:Understanding the Union, Iain McLean
8:The Scottish constitution, Alan Page
9:Scotland's dual public sphere and the media, Philip Schlesinger
10:Twin Tracks: Cultural and Political Nationalism after 1967, Scott Hames
Part 2 - Parties and Elections
11:Elections and Electoral Systems, James Mitchell and Ailsa Henderson
12:Political Behaviour in Scotland, Ailsa Henderson, Rob Johns, Christopher Carman and James Mitchell
13:The Scottish Conservative Party, Alan Convery
14:The Scottish Labour Party, Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw
15:The Scottish National Party, Lynn Bennie and Craig McAngus
16:Smaller Parties, Alistair Clark
17:Religion and Political Parties, Graham Walker
18:Ethnic minorities and political citizenship in Scotland, Emma Hill and Nasar Meer
19:Green Politics, Antje Brown
Part 3 - Institutions and the Policy Process
20:Devolution, Malcolm Harvey
21:The Civil Service and Government Structures, Richard Parry
22:The Leadership and Management of Public Services Reform in Scotland, John Connolly and Robert Pyper
23:Interest Groups and Policy Communities, Iain MacLeod and Darren Halpin
24:Religion, Policy and Politics, Michael Rosie
25:The 'Scottish Approach to Policy Making', Paul Cairney
26:The Scottish Parliament, Emily St. Denny
27:The Political Class in Scotland, Michael Keating, Paul Cairney and Stefano Intropido
28:The Politics of Scotland's Public Finances, David Heald
Part 4 - Multilevel Politics
29:Local Government, Neil McGarvey
30:Intergovernmental Relations: two decades of cooperation, competition and constitutional change, Jim Gallagher
31:Scotland at Westminster, Adam Evans
32:Scotland International: Understanding Scotland's International Relations, Peter Lynch
33:Scotland and Europe, Kirsty Hughes
34:The Independence Question, Coree Brown Swan
35:The Independence Referendum of 2014: Issues and Outcome, Michael Keating and Nicola McEwen
Part 5 - Whither Scotland?
36:The State of Scotland, Neal Ascherson
37:Scotland, Britain and the Union, Ali M Ansari

The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics

Edited by Michael Keating

Oxford Handbooks

Author Information

Edited by Michael Keating, Professor of Politics, University of Aberdeen and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change

Michael Keating is Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change, Edinburgh. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, British Academy, Academy of Social Sciences, and European Academy. He has taught at universities in the UK, United States, Canada, Spain, and France and at the European University Institute, Florence. He is the author of numerous publications on nationalism, regionalism, urban politics, and European politics.

Contributors:

Ali M Ansari is Professor of Iranian History at the University of St Andrews, and co-founder of These Islands.

Neal Ascherson is a journalist and author, who has worked for The Observer and The Scotsman as foreign correspondent and columnist.

Lynn Bennie is Reader in Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen.

Ross Bond is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Antje Brown is a lecturer in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews.

Coree Brown Swan is a Research Fellow at the Centre on Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh.

Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Stirling.?

Christopher Carman is the Stevenson Professor of Citizenship and Head of Politics & International Relations at the University of Glasgow.

Alistair Clark is Reader in Politics at Newcastle University.

John Connolly is Professor of Public Policy at the University of the West of Scotland.

Alan Convery is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

Jan Eichhorn is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh and Research Director of the think tank d|part.

Adam Evans is a Clerk in the House of Commons and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University.

Jim Gallagher is Research Fellow at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford.

Darren Halpin is Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University.

David Heald is Professor of Public Sector Accounting at the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow.

Scott Hames is Lecturer in Scottish Literature at the University of Stirling.

Malcolm Harvey is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Aberdeen.

Gerry Hassan is a writer and commentator and Research Fellow in Contemporary Scottish History and the University of Dundee.

Scott Hames is Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling.

Ailsa Henderson is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh and principal investigator for the Scottish Election Study.

Kirsty Hughes is Director of the Scottish Centre on European Relations.

Stefano Intropido is an MPhil student in International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin.

Alvin Jackson is Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh.

Rob Johns is Professor of Politics at the University of Essex and has worked on the Scottish Election Study since 2007.

?Michael Keating is Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change.

Meryl Kenny is Senior Lecturer in Gender and Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

Peter Lynch is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Stirling.

Fiona Mackay is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh and Director of genderED.

Iain MacLeod is Lecturer in Policy and Strategy at the Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University

Craig McAngus is Lecturer in Politics at the University of the West of Scotland.

David McCrone is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.

Nicola McEwen is Professor of Territorial Politics at the University of Edinburgh and Co-Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change.

Neil McGarvey is Senior Teaching Fellow in Politics at the University of Strathclyde.

Iain McLean is Professor of Politics at Oxford University and a fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford

Nasar Meer is Professor of Race, Identity and Citizenship at the University of Edinburgh.

James Mitchell is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Edinburgh.

Alan Page is Professor of Public Law at the University of Dundee.

Richard Parry is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh and the Centre on Constitutional Change.

Robert Pyper is Emeritus Professor of Government and Public Policy at the University of the West of Scotland.

Michael Rosie is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.

Philip Schlesinger is Professor in Cultural Theory at the University of Glasgow and Deputy Director of CREATe, the UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre.

Eric Shaw is an Honorary Fesearch fellow in the division of History and Politics at the University of Stirling,

Emily St. Denny is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Stirling.

Graham Walker is Professor of Political History in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's University Belfast.