Why Scots Should Rule Scotland
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Why Scots Should Rule Scotland
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Author : Alasdair Gray
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2014-02-20
Why Scots Should Rule Scotland written by Alasdair Gray and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-20 with Political Science categories.
Alsadair Gray wrote the first edition of this book for the 1992 general election. In it he showed the poor state of present-day Scotland; gave a concise, elegant history of the Scottish people and their relations with the rulers of England; argued that Scotland should have a strong government elected by its own people. Five years later Scotland still does not have that and its state has worsened. The original chapters have been revised and largely rewritten. New chapters dealing with Scottish education, land owning, and law and the Labour Party bring the argument to date. This is a more openly political book than the first edition, written to persuade people who feel their vote does not much influence how their country is managed that Scottish independence matters, and that only one political party is honestly working to achieve it.
How We Should Rule Ourselves
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Author : Alasdair Gray
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2014-02-13
How We Should Rule Ourselves written by Alasdair Gray and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-13 with Political Science categories.
This pamphlet is for anyone alarmed by the present British government. It argues that the component nations of the United Kingdom can become true democracies only by declaring themselves republics. The authors are Alasdair Gray, writer of fiction and pamphlets such as Why Scots Should Rule Scotland, and Adam Tomkins, Professor of Public Law in the University of Glasgow and author of Public Law and Our Republican Constitution. Both are committed republicans.
Independence
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Author : Alasdair Gray
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2014-06-12
Independence written by Alasdair Gray and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-12 with Political Science categories.
Gray argues that a truly independent Scotland will only ever exist when people in every home, school, croft, farm, workshop, factory, island, glen, town and city feel that they too are at the centre of the world. Independence asks whether widespread social welfare is more possible in small nations such as Norway and New Zealand than in big ones like Britain and the U.S.A. It describes the many differences between Scotland and England. It examines the people who choose to live north of the border. It shows Scotland's relevance to the rest of the world. It attempts to conjure a vision of how a Scots parliament might benefit the people of this small but dynamic nation. And it tells how democracy will only truly succeed when every person believes that their vote will make a difference.
Home Rule And Political Parties In Scotland A Review Etc
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Author : Scottish Home Rule Association (Scotland)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
Home Rule And Political Parties In Scotland A Review Etc written by Scottish Home Rule Association (Scotland) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Home rule categories.
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot
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Author : John Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-03-24
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot written by John Lloyd and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-24 with Political Science categories.
The Scottish nationalists seek to end the United Kingdom after 300 years of a successful union. Their drive for an independent Scotland is now nearer to success than it has ever been. Success would mean a diminished Britain and a perilously insecure Scotland. The nationalists have represented the three centuries of union with England as a malign and damaging association for Scotland. The European Union is held out as an alternative and a safeguard for Scotland's future. But the siren call of secession would lure Scotland into a state of radical instability, disrupting ties of work, commerce and kinship and impoverishing the economy. All this with no guarantee of growth in an EU now struggling with a downturn in most of its states and the increasing disaffection of many of its members. In this incisive and controversial book, journalist John Lloyd cuts through the rhetoric to show that the economic plans of the Scottish National Party are deeply unrealistic; the loss of a subsidy of as much as £10 billion a year from the Treasury would mean large-scale cuts, much deeper than those effected by Westminster; the broadly equal provision of health, social services, education and pensions across the UK would cease, leaving Scotland with the need to recreate many of these systems on its own; and the claim that Scotland would join the most successful of the world's small states - as Denmark, New Zealand and Norway - is no more than an aspiration with little prospect of success. The alternative to independence is clear: a strong devolution settlement and a joint reform of the British union to modernise the UK's age-old structures, reduce the centralisation of power and boost the ability of all Britain's nations and regions to support and unleash their creative and productive potential. Scotland has remained a nation in union with three other nations - England, Northern Ireland and Wales. It will continue as one, more securely in a familiar companionship.
Scotland And Nationalism
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Author : Christopher T. Harvie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-08-12
Scotland And Nationalism written by Christopher T. Harvie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-12 with History categories.
Scotland and Nationalism provides an authoritative survey of Scottish social and political history from 1707 to the present day. Focusing on political nationalism in Scotland, Christopher Harvie examines why this nationalism remained apparently in abeyance for two and a half centuries, and why it became so relevant in the second half of the twentieth century. This fourth edition brings the story and historiography of Scottish society and politics up-to-date. Additions also include a brand new biographical index of key personalities, along with a glossary of nationalist groups.
Alasdair Gray
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Author : Stephen Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Release Date : 1999
Alasdair Gray written by Stephen Bernstein and has been published by Bucknell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Scotland categories.
"Since the publication of Lanark in 1981 Alasdair Gray has been a figure of importance in contemporary literature. Now, through attention to mixed genre, counter-historical narrative, and the thematics of memory, this first study of Alasdair Gray's novels shows the coherence of the Scottish writer's varied body of work. Stephen Bernstein refuses to view Gray's work through the vague lens of postmodernism, seeing Gray instead as a writer at home in a variety of literary traditions. Beginning by providing an American audience with backgrounds to Gray's work, this study recounts the chronology of his publications and their reception by an international audience, simultaneously placing his writing in the contexts of Scottish culture and literature."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Battle For Scotland
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Author : Andrew Marr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Battle For Scotland written by Andrew Marr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Nationalism categories.
"Andrew Marr's first book tells the distinctive story of Scottish politics - now updated with a new introductory chapter. 'We may be about to see a new country - indeed, two new countries, - emerging on these islands. Half a lifetime ago, I sat down to write this book as a work of history. As it's aged, it's become current affairs.' Just twenty years ago it seemed impossible that Scotland would ever get home rule, let alone full independence. Yet very soon there will be a Scottish referendum which will not only decide on this matter but which will have profound consequences for the future of all people on these islands. In The Battle for Scotland, first published in 1992, Andrew Marr provides the historical backdrop to these extraordinary events. He attempts to explain the deep sources of Scottish national feeling and the political will which has brought us to this deeply uncertain time. And in a substantial new introduction, Marr considers how we got here so suddenly, what the stakes really are and what the questions every voting Scot (and every non-voting UK citizen) will be asking themselves. Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow. He graduated from Cambridge University and has enjoyed a long career in political journalism, working for the Scotsman, the Independent, the Economist, the Express and the Observer. From 2000 to 2005 he was the BBC's Political Editor. Andrew's broadcasting includes series on contemporary thinkers for BBC 2 and Radio 4, political documentaries for Channel 4 and BBC Panorama, and Radio 4's 'Start The Week'"--Publisher's description.
How The Scots Invented The Modern World
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Author : Arthur Herman
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2007-12-18
How The Scots Invented The Modern World written by Arthur Herman and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with History categories.
An exciting account of the origins of the modern world Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics—contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. Herman has charted a fascinating journey across the centuries of Scottish history. Here is the untold story of how John Knox and the Church of Scotland laid the foundation for our modern idea of democracy; how the Scottish Enlightenment helped to inspire both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution; and how thousands of Scottish immigrants left their homes to create the American frontier, the Australian outback, and the British Empire in India and Hong Kong. How the Scots Invented the Modern World reveals how Scottish genius for creating the basic ideas and institutions of modern life stamped the lives of a series of remarkable historical figures, from James Watt and Adam Smith to Andrew Carnegie and Arthur Conan Doyle, and how Scottish heroes continue to inspire our contemporary culture, from William “Braveheart” Wallace to James Bond. And no one who takes this incredible historical trek will ever view the Scots—or the modern West—in the same way again.
Scottish Parliament
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Author : Mark Lazarowicz
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-23
Scottish Parliament written by Mark Lazarowicz and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-23 with Political Science categories.