Political Structure & Processes
BIC code: JPH
See also: General Politics
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Add to BasketAfter Britain: New Labour And The Return Of Scotland - - Paperback
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As New Labour attempts to modernise the United Kingdom, Tom Nairn provides this scathing analysis of a state with a constitutional monarchy that lacks a written constitution and a parliamentary democracy with an undemocratic second chamber. -
Add to BasketAnglo-Scottish Relations, From 1900 To Devolution And Beyond - Hardback
£35.00
Tracing the relationship between Scotland and England following the unifying reign of Queen Victoria, through the devolution debates and into a future where the union will be under continuing pressure to evolve, this text looks at tensions between the Scots and the English and the implications for the union. -
Add to BasketBetween Two Unions: Europeanisation And The Scottish Devolution - - Hardback
£55.00
Using a comparative approach in order to explore Scottish devolution, this text also discusses to what extent European integration leads to the fragmentation of its constituent states. - £65.00Constituency Representation, Devolution And Additional Member Systems: Britain In Comparative Perspective - Hardback
The papers collected in this volume examine the constituency roles of members of the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, the impact on the constituency roles of Westminster MPs, and the relationships between MPs and devolved members. -
Add to BasketDevolution In The United Kingdom - - Paperback
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This is a series of well-written, accessible introductions to key areas of Politics courses taught at both A-level/Highers and first-year undergraduate level. The emphasis is on responding to student needs by producing up-to-date material written in a user-friendly style. -
Add to BasketA Dialogue On The Law Of Kingship Among The Scots: A Critical Edition And Translation Of George Buchanan's De Jure Regni Apud Scotos Dialogus - - Hardback
£65.00
First published in Edinburgh in 1579 and running to only about 25,000 words George Buchanan's influential political essay achieved almost instantaneous notoriety as an incendiary call to popular rebellion. Interestingly it was widely admired on the continent but shunned in England until more than 100 years after his death. -
£14.99A Diverse Assembly: The Debate On A Scottish Parliament - - Paperback
The 1997 Scottish Referendum confirmed the wish of the Scottish people for their first Parliament in almost 300 years. In this book Paterson draws together a collection of the key arguments for and against the reinstating of a Scottish Parliament. -
Add to BasketHas Devolution Delivered? - Paperback
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The editors draw upon a range of Scottish election studies and Scottish social attitudes surveys to explore the early success- or otherwise- of devolution in changing the way people feel about their country and the way they are governed. -
Add to BasketThe History Of The Scottish Parliament - Hardback
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First of a three-volume history of Scotland's first parliament from the first surviving official records in the 13th century to its final dissolution in 1707, this volume examines the history of parliament under the medieval and early modern monarchs. -
Add to BasketThe Late Medieval Scottish Parliament: Politics And The Three Estates, 1424-1488 - - Paperback
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This work gives the Scottish Parliament a human face by examining the actions of those who attended. In the past it was seen as an ineffective institution, but this book shows that this picture of weakness is far from accurate.