A critical challenge to Scotland's new system of government is the making and
implementation of public policy. This book offers a comprehensive account of the policy …

Institutions–the formal and informal 'rules of the game'–profoundly shape political life.
Political institutions are also inescapably gendered. In this groundbreaking collection we …

Ewen Cameron explores the political debate between unionism, liberalism, socialism and
nationalism, and the changing political relationship between Scotland and the United …

SCOTTISH POLITICS Page 1 PAUL CAIRNEY & NEIL MCGARVEY SCOTTISH POLITICS
SECOND EDITION Page 2 Scottish Politics Page 3 Also by Paul Cairney THE SCOTTISH …

This article reviews developments in Scottish local government post-devolution. In doing so
it outlines some expectations, assumptions and realities about local government in Scotland …

This article examines the changing agendas on smoking-related issues in Scotland. It charts
the methods that groups, governments and MSPs use to frame and pursue or suppress …

This article adopts a relativist philosophical stance reviewing alternative conceptualisations
of 'accountability in public administration'. It evaluates traditional, democratic, professional …

The launch in 1999 of a devolved Scottish Parliament with primary legislative powers was
accompanied by extensive talk of the creation of a 'new politics' North of the Border …

The Scottish Parliament was set up in the hope that strong committees would foster
consensus, with an emphasis on reducing partisanship and adopting a pragmatic approach …

Central-local relations in Scotland pre-devolution were different to a degree, but the overall
substance and rationale behind them tended to be very similar to those in England. This …