Politics
The Dead Center: Reflections on Liberalism and Democracy After the End of History
Author / Creator: Luke Savage
Media type: Book
Date published: 2022
"The Dead Centre, a collection of essays by the Jacobin writer Luke Savage, probes the afterlife of Blairism—or, rather, its variants in Canada and the US. Gone is the hegemonic swagger of the Clinton generation. What we have now is a feeble rehash of the Third Way. Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau may think of themselves as hard-headed pragmatists ready to make painful political compromises for the sake of progress.
A Natural Fit? The Greens in Government
Author / Creator: John Curtice
Media type: Blog
Date published:
the decision of the Scottish Greens ... to take two junior ministerial positions in the SNP-led Scottish Government does not seem to have done them any harm at all.
The Scottish Political System
Author / Creator: James G Kellas
Media type: Book
Date published: 1989
"The enduring [Kellas] thesis is the notion of a Scottish political system. ...The orthodox view had been that the UK was unitary and uniform apart from the odd detail and embellishment." Bella Caledonia.
Scottish independence needs to offer “a shining city on a hill”
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Blog
Date published:
Previous generations have shown...ambition and intent when faced with what seemed insurmountable problems. It falls to us now to rise to the challenges of our age and make that future Scotland real.
The People's Flag and the Union Jack An Alternative History of Britain and the Labour Party
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Book
Date published: 2019
The Labour Party has and continues to be a British party and this will matter for the forseeable future.
Scotland the Brave? Twenty Years of Change and the Future of the Nation
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: eBook
Date published: 2019
Politics took a decisive turn twenty years ago with the birth of the modern Scottish Parliament. People in Scotland want to ‘make a difference’ and build a better future. Scotland the Brave? offers both an acute assessment of where we are today and a route map to the future.
Sceptical Scot
Author / Creator: Sceptical Scot
Media type: Website
Date published: 2014-
These pages are for all who care about Scotland’s future, regardless of how they vote: for party, independence/union, EU/Brexit. Sceptical Scot aims to provide a forum that is both broader and deeper than current online/print offers with a rich diet of well-researched, polemical, thought-provoking writing.
Green Politics
Author / Creator: Antje Brown
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
Scottish decision makers shy away from a determined green approach. Can Green ambitions and national identity politics be pursued together?
Ethnic Minorities and Political Citizenship in Scotland
Author / Creator: Emma Hill
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
There is a gap between the ‘aspirational pluralism’ espoused by political elites, and Scotland’s record on the representation of ethnic minorities in politics.
Youth Politics in Scotland: Participation and Inclusion
Author / Creator: Iain MacLeod
Date published: 2020
A look at the effects of reducing voting age and efforts to increase participation of youth in politics.
Nationality and National Identity
Author / Creator: David McCrone
Media type: book
Date published: 2020
National identity is best thought of as a cultural prism through which ‘politics’ is interpreted, and helps to explain why political behaviour in Scotland and England has diverged in the last thirty years.
New Scottish government: key takeaways from the SNP deal with the Greens
Author / Creator: Lynn Bennie
Media type: News Media
Date published:
The parties are bound by a shared belief in Scottish independence, and the deal reinforces their intent to secure a second referendum. But they are each free to develop their own vision of independence because they have different perspectives on what an independent Scotland would look like