Politics in Scotland / edited by Duncan McTavish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unionism and nationalism : the historical context of contemporary Scottish politics / Ewen Cameron -- How Scotland votes : elections and electoral behaviour in Scotland / Craig McAngus -- The quality of Scottish democracy / Thomas Lundberg -- Political parties in Scotland / Duncan McTavish -- Corks on a beach? : finding a hard budget constraint for Scottish government / Paul Hallwood and Ronald MacDonald -- Scottish local government : past, present and futures / Colin Mair -- Civil service and the machinery of government / Richard Parry -- Social policy in a devolved Scotland : different, fairer? / Kirstein Rummery -- Politics of gender equality in Scotland : mind the gap / Karen Jonhston and Gillian Fyfe -- Scotland and the world : para-diplomacy and proto-diplomacy / Michael Keating -- A small country in a bigger country or a small country in a big world / Richard Kerley -- The future of Scottish government and public policy : a distinctive Scottish style / Paul Cairney -- Scotland and British constitutional reform / Matt Qvortrup -- The media and politics in Scotland / David Hutchison.