The Scotsman Guide to Scottish Politics

by Spicer, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780748619245
• ISBN10: 0748619240
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr

Summary

The second edition of The Scotsman Guide to Scottish Politicsis a completely revised, updated and easy-to-use guide to all the information you need to follow Scottish politics. A series of specially commissioned short essays from a range of eminent politicians, academics and Scottish writers provides the context: The core of the book is an invaluable directory of political facts and figures -- results from the Scottish Election of 2003, biographies of all MSPs, the Scottish results of the General Election of 2001, biographies of Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs, and an appendix of further useful information about the Scotland Office, the Scottish Executive, access to the Parliament, Scottish Parliament Committees, Scottish constituencies and their representatives, Scottish political parties, and useful addresses and numbers.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Jack McConnell MSP	vii
Notes on Contributors	viii
Introduction
Iain Martin	ix
1 Scotland 2003: The Election Campaign and the Political Outcome
Jason Allardyce	1	(6)
2 Adding up the Figures: Conclusions from 2003
Professor John Curtice	7	(7)
3 Women and Scottish Politics
Susan Deacon MSP	14	(6)
4 Cultural Policy in the New Scotland
Joyce McMillan	20	(7)
5 PR: The Road Ahead for Local Councils
George Kerevan	27	(9)
6 The Scottish Office: 118 but still Not Out
Fraser Nelson	36	(7)
7 A Building Fit for a Parliament: Maybes Aye, Maybes Na
Robert McNeil	43	(6)
8 Results from the Scottish Parliament Election 2003	49	(30)
9 Profiles of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)	79	(159)
10 Scottish Results from the General Election 2001	238	(29)
11 Profiles of Scottish Members of Parliament (MPs)	267	(86)
Appendices
1) The Scotland Office	353	(1)
2) The Scottish Executive	354	(3)
3) The Scottish Parliament: Contact and Access	357	(2)
4) Scottish Parliament Committees	359	(4)
5) Scottish Constituencies and their Representatives	363	(3)
6) Scottish Members of the European Parliament	366	(4)
7) Scottish Political Parties	370	(1)
8) Useful Addresses and Numbers	371