Whatever happened to Tory Scotland? / edited by David Torrance.

"You might not believe it now, but the Scottish Conservative Party played a significant role in the politics of Scotland during the last century. The party governed Scotland and the UK for much of the 20th century. But their support has nosedived from a majority of votes and seats at the 1955 general election to just a single constituency and 17 per cent of the vote in May 2010. This collection brings together academics, writers, commentators and analysts of Scottish politics to address the nature of the Scottish Conservative Party: its standing in Scotland, its influence on the Union, its role in the Scottish Parliament and why it fell so out of favour with the Scottish electorate."--Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Centenary Blues: 100 Years of Scottish Conservatism / David Torrance -- Patriotism, Paternalism and Pragmatism: Scottish Toryism, Union and Empire, 1912-65 / Richard Finlay -- More than a Name: the Union and the Un-doing of Scottish Conservatism in the 20th Century / Margaret Arnott and Catriona M.M. Macdonald -- Smithians, Thatcherites and the Ironies of Scottish Conservative Decline / Colin Kidd -- 'It's only a Northern Song': The Constant Smirr of Anti-Thatcherism and Anti-Toryism / Gerry Hassan -- The Wilderness Years / David Torrance -- Why no Tory revival in Scotland? -- John Curtice -- Refashioning Welsh Conservatism -- a lesson for Scotland? / David Melding AM -- The Press, national identity and the Scottish Tories / Alex Massie -- 'Handbagging' the feminisation thesis? Reflections on women in the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party / Antje Bednarek -- Conservative Unionism: Prisoned in Marble / James Mitchell and Alan Convery.