Governing Scotland : The Invention of Administrative Devolution

by James Mitchell

• ISBN13: 9780333743232
• ISBN10: 0333743237
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-03-04
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Governing Scotland explores the origins and development of the Scottish Office in an attempt to understand Scotland's position within the UK union state in the twentieth century. Two competing views were encapsulated in debates on how Scotland should be governed in the early twentieth century: a Whitehall view that emphasized a professional bureaucracy with power centered on London and a Scottish view that emphasized the importance of Scottish national sentiment. These views were ultimately reconciled in "administrative devolution."

Author Biography

James Mitchell is Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Origins of the Scottish Central Administration

Settling Down to Business

Educational Administration

Administering Agriculture, Health and the Highlands and Islands

MacDonnell, The Boards and the Act of 1928

The Reorganization Debate and Gilmour

The Origins and Development of the Goschen Formula

Scottish Office Ministers

Conclusion