New Scotland, New Politics?

by Paterson, Lindsay; Brown, Alice; Curtice, John; Hinds, Kerstin

• ISBN13: 9781902930251
• ISBN10: 1902930258
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-15
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

What are Scots' expectations of their new Parliament? What influenced them when they were casting their votes in the first elections? What social policies do they want the Parliament to pursue? How do they see the future of Scotland's relationship with the rest of the UK and the rest of Europe? And how does the country's new constitutional status relate to people's sense of national identity? This book analyzes Scotland's first parliamentary election in May 1999. Written by the leading authorities on Scottish politics and society, it provides a definitive account of social and political attitudes in Scotland at the beginning of the new parliamentary democracy, and at a time when Scotland's relationship with the rest of the United Kingdom is undergoing radical change.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(7)
The Scottish Parliamentary Election of 1999	8	(19)
May 6 1999: An Election in Scotland or a Scottish Election?	27	(19)
Changing Voters: The Social and Ideological Basis of Voting Behaviour	46	(20)
New System, New Voters?	66	(17)
Has Devolution Saved the Union?	83	(18)
The Politics of National Identity	101	(20)
The Politics of Social Welfare	121	(23)
Education and Civic Identity	144	(17)
Conclusion: the Future of Scottish Politics	161	(7)
Appendix Aspects of the Surveys	168	(15)
References	183	(6)
Index	189