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Examines education and social change in Scotland through analysis of a unique series of historical social surveys.

What are Scots' expectations of their new Parliament? What influenced them when they were casting their votes in the first elections? What social policies do they want the Parliament to pursue? How do they see the future of Scotland's relationship with the rest of the UK and the rest of Europe? And how does the country's new constitutional status relate to people's sense of national identity?This book analyzes Scotland's first parliamentary el...

Living in Scotland asks how Scottish society has been transformed over the last 50 years. The changes since 1950 in demography, the nature of employment, educational opportunities, gender inequalities, social class, geographical mobility, income and wealth, lifestyles, etc. are explored as the authors ask how and why Scotland has changed, and whether it is still distinctive in comparison with the rest of the UK and Europe. Drawing on data from...

Scotland's education system has been claimed by many to be one of the most successful in the world and its alleged decline in recent decades has generated a great deal of controversy. This book is the first full history of twentieth-century Scottish education.

Lindsay Paterson argues that throughout the last 300 years the nature of Scottish independence has changed frequently.

The 1997 Scottish Referendum granted the people of Scotland their first Parliament in nearly 300 years. Paterson compiles a collection of the key arguments for and against the reinstating of a Scottish Parliament. Gathered from newspapers, journals, books and speeches, this book offers a multitude of voices from the major players in the debate.

The book examines why social radicals supported liberal education, why they have moved away from it, and what the implications are for the future of an intellectually stimulating and culturally literate education.

The book examines why social radicals supported liberal education, why they have moved away from it, and what the implications are for the future of an intellectually stimulating and culturally literate education.