Opis: Scotland's Ten Tomorrows - Bill Jamieson, Jamieson

Ten leading Scottish commentators and thinkers set out their views on the economic and political future for Scotland in the years ahead. The result will enrage and delight people in equal measure. Scotland has fallen into a deep post-devolution trough. Six years on, and despite sharply increased public expenditure, there is a groundswell of popular public resentment against the new political class. Questioning over whether the huge subvention of UK taxpayers to Scotland is by no means confined to English voters. Anger rages over the apparent featherbedding of MSPs to the scandal of the u431 million new parliament building. Scotland's economy continues to under perform that of the UK while the Labour/Lib Dem coalition struggles to find new policies that will reverse population decline and re-engage voters. Scotland is now in the grip of a political cabal so weighed down by its sprawling civil service and bureaucratic tangle that it labours like a chimera. All this is epitomised by the new parliament building in Edinburgh, which was so grossly over budget that it became the national scandal of the decade. There are ten chapters in his book, each written by a different author. The themes draw on different facets of Scottish life. Each chapter offers a different perspective on how Scotland can progress from here. So this is a book of many angles: politics, the arts, economics, social policy, planning, rural affairs and of course, a view from Westminster. Together, they offer a range of views as to what has "gone wrong" with devolution and, as important, what new policies are needed. This ensures the book is forward looking and positive in its setting out of alternative futures for Scotland. 'whatever your politics, this is most definietly provocative and thought-provoking holiday reading.' Wendy Alexander, 'Up for Debate', The Scotsman, June 2006--Wendy Alexander "The Scotsman "INTRODUCTION; Bill Jamieson; 1. Michael Fry - historical perspective; 2. Fraser Nelson: the massive growth of the Scottish state; 3. Sir Donald MacKay: Scotland in the global economy; 4. George Kerevan: Radical break-outs from the devolution trough; 5. Tom Miers: A cry for liberty: Towards a new Scottish constitution; 6. Gillian Bowditch: how health and education should be reformed; 7. Alan Cochrane: what's gone wrong with the Scottish polity; 8. Alan Massie: The Rose and the Thistle: Britain in Scotland; 9. Gerald Warner: The Myth of Popular Devolution; 10. Brian Monteith: Break-out: a future Enterprise Scotland.

Szczegóły: Scotland's Ten Tomorrows - Bill Jamieson, Jamieson

Tytuł: Scotland's Ten Tomorrows
Autor: Bill Jamieson, Jamieson
Producent: Continuum Publishers Co
ISBN: 9780826452726
Rok produkcji: 2006
Ilość stron: 224
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.38 kg

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