Scottish Affairs
Scotland's Longest Running Journal
on Contemporary Political and Social Issues

Issues 1997

Issue No. 21, Autumn 1997 [ download table of contents as PDF]
Politics
A Start to a New Song: The 1997 Devolution Referendum Campaign	Peter Jones
The Canadian Federal Election of 1997	Michael Keating
Social Policy
The Work of the Commission on the Future of the Voluntary Sector in Scotland	Caroline Bamford
The Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Consumer	Lynne Macmillan
Social Policy and the Scottish Parliament: A Response to Richard Parry	Stephen Maxwell
Mair Scotch Mist Than Myth: A Rejoinder on Devolution	Arthur Midwinter
Review: Working With Men	Julie Brownlie
Review: The Story of the STUC	Ian McKay
Education and Culture
The Prospects and Potential of a New University in the Highlands and Islands	David Newlands and Margaret Parker
Official Status for Gaelic: Prospects and Problems	Wilson McLeod
Spoken Scots in the Media	Mike Cormack
Reading Braveheart: Representing and Contesting Scottish Identity	Tim Edensor

Issue No. 20, Summer 1997 [ download table of contents as PDF]
The Election and the Referendum
The Strange Death of Unionist Scotland and Wales: An Irish Perspective	Owen Dudley Edwards
The 1997 General Election n Scotland: an Analysis of the Results	David Denver
Politics and Government
The Scottish Parliament and Social Policy	Richard Parry
Civil Service Reform: A Scottish Perspective	James Smith
Review: In and Out of the State: Scottish and Other Nationalisms	David McCrone
Review: Roots of Red Clydeside	Ian S. Wood
Social Policy
Local Government Restructuring and the Management of the Child Protection System	K.Davidson, J.Fairley and A.Stafford
Why Greening the Maastricht Treaty is Important for Scotland	Chris Revie
Review: The Myth of Progress	Margaret Macintosh
National Stereotypes
'The Quiet Finn' - National Stereotypes, Politics and the Media in a Small Country	Heikki Luostarinen
The Uses and Abuses of National Stereotypes	Isobel Lindsay
Annual Reference Section
Scottish Legislation 1996	Andrea Loux
Opinion Polls in Scotland, July 1996 - June 1997	David McCrone

Issue No. 19, Spring 1997 [ download table of contents as PDF]
Impact of a Scottish Parliament
Scotching The Myth: Analysing the Relations Between a Scottish Parliament and Westminster	Colin Mair and Mark McAteer
Local Government and a Scottish Parliament	Douglas Sinclair
Scotland's Parliament and Scottish Local Government: Conditions for a Stable Relationship	Alan Alexander
Broadcasting and a Scottish Parliament	Nigel Smith
Regionalism and Nationalism in Comparative Context
The Decentralisation Debate in the UK: Role-Model Deutschland	Charlie Jeffery
Scottish Autonomy and the Future of the Welfare State	Lindsay Paterson
Review: Escocia, Nación Y Razón	Sarah Gore
Society and Economy
Building Social Capital: Steps Towards a Learning Society	Tom Schuller
Delivering Promises? The Rise, Fall and Rise of Scottish Community Business	Keith Hayton
Scottish Affairs, Sporting Estates and the Aristocracy	Grant Jarvie, Lorna Jackson and Peter Higgins
Review: Women and Access in Rural Areas	Barbara Illsley
Review: Bank of Scotland: A History, 1695 - 1995	Peter Payne

Issue No. 18, Winter 1997 [ download table of contents as PDF]
Scottish Parliament
Labour's Referendum Plan: Sell-Out Or Act Of Faith?	Peter Jones
The Deomocratic Reform Of Scotland	John Fairley
Local Government In A Devolved Scotland	Arthur Midwinter
Review: The State And The Nations	Moira Craig
Gender and National Identity
Introduction	Alice Brown
Women And National Identity In The Republic of Ireland	Yvonne Galligan
Gender, Nation, Class: The Politics Of Difference In Northern Ireland	Carmel Roulston
Women In Search Of A Welsh Identity	Jane Aaron
'Curiously Rare'? Scottish Women Of Interest	Esther Breitenbach
Nationalism and History
Nationalism And Social Identity: Who Owns The Interest Of Scotland?	Anthony P. Cohen
Heroes, Myths And Anniversaries In Modern Scotland	Richard J. Finlay
Social and Economic Development
Implementing Pollution Control Policy In Scotland: Present Trends, Future Prospects	Calum Macleod
Review: Scotland In The Twentieth Century	Steve Bruce

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