The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics

The Handbook of Scottish Politics provides a detailed overview of politics in Scotland, looking at areas such as elections and electoral behaviour, public policy, political parties, and Scotland's relationship with the EU and the wider world. The contributors to this volume are some of the leading experts on politics in Scotland.

Michael Keating is Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change, Edinburgh. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, British Academy, Academy of Social Sciences, and European Academy. He has taught at universities in the UK, United States, Canada, Spain, and France and at the European University Institute, Florence. He is the author of numerous publications on nationalism, regionalism, urban politics, and European politics.

- 1: Michael Keating: Scotland as a Political Community - Part 1 - Understanding Scotland - 2: David McCrone: Nationality and National Identity - 3: Alvin Jackson: The Scottish Union in Historic Perspective - 4: Meryl Kenny and Fiona Mackay: Women, Gender and Politics in Scotland - 5: Iain MacLeod and Jan Eichhorn: Youth Politics in Scotland. Participation and Inclusion - 6: Ross Bond: Multicultural Scotland - 7: Iain McLean: Understanding the Union - 8: Alan Page: The Scottish constitution - 9: Philip Schlesinger: Scotland's dual public sphere and the media - 10: Scott Hames: Twin Tracks: Cultural and Political Nationalism after 1967 - Part 2 - Parties and Elections - 11: James Mitchell and Ailsa Henderson: Elections and Electoral Systems - 12: Ailsa Henderson, Rob Johns, Christopher Carman and James Mitchell: Political Behaviour in Scotland - 13: Alan Convery: The Scottish Conservative Party - 14: Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw: The Scottish Labour Party - 15: Lynn Bennie and Craig McAngus: The Scottish National Party - 16: Alistair Clark: Smaller Parties - 17: Graham Walker: Religion and Political Parties - 18: Emma Hill and Nasar Meer: Ethnic minorities and political citizenship in Scotland - 19: Antje Brown: Green Politics - Part 3 - Institutions and the Policy Process - 20: Malcolm Harvey: Devolution - 21: Richard Parry: The Civil Service and Government Structures - 22: John Connolly and Robert Pyper: The Leadership and Management of Public Services Reform in Scotland - 23: Iain MacLeod and Darren Halpin: Interest Groups and Policy Communities - 24: Michael Rosie: Religion, Policy and Politics - 25: Paul Cairney: The 'Scottish Approach to Policy Making' - 26: Emily St. Denny: The Scottish Parliament - 27: Michael Keating, Paul Cairney and Stefano Intropido: The Political Class in Scotland - 28: David Heald: The Politics of Scotland's Public Finances - Part 4 - Multilevel Politics - 29: Neil McGarvey: Local Government - 30: Jim Gallagher: Intergovernmental Relations: two decades of cooperation, competition and constitutional change - 31: Adam Evans: Scotland at Westminster - 32: Peter Lynch: Scotland International: Understanding Scotland's International Relations - 33: Kirsty Hughes: Scotland and Europe - 34: Coree Brown Swan: The Independence Question - 35: Michael Keating and Nicola McEwen: The Independence Referendum of 2014: Issues and Outcome - Part 5 - Whither Scotland? - 36: Neal Ascherson: The State of Scotland - 37: Ali M Ansari: Scotland, Britain and the Union