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Governing Scotland

The Invention of Administrative Devolution

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Authors:
  1. James Mitchell

    1. Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Origins of the Scottish Central Administration

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 11-28

  4. Settling Down to Business

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 29-49

  5. Educational Administration

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 50-73

  6. Administering Agriculture, Health and the Highlands and Islands

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 74-91

  7. MacDonnell, the Boards and the 1928 Act

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 92-116

  8. The Reorganisation Debate and Gilmour

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 117-148

  9. The Origins and Development of the Goschen formula

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 149-181

  10. Scottish Office Ministers

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 182-206

  11. Conclusion

    • James Mitchell
    Pages 207-215

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 216-259
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About this book

Governing Scotland explores the origins and development of the Scottish Office in an attempt to understand Scotland's position within the UK union state in the twentieth century. Two competing views were encapsulated in debates on how Scotland should be governed in the early twentieth century: a Whitehall view that emphasised a professional bureaucracy with power centred on London and a Scottish view that emphasised the importance of Scottish national sentiment. These views were ultimately reconciled in 'administrative devolution'.

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'Mitchell traces the shifting political currents beneath these debates with insight and care for detail...Mitchell's book is full of elegantly expressed detail and is a treat to read for students of modern Scottish history and politics. There is a delighlful couple of pages for Lord Fraser's attention on the building of St Andrew's House.' - Richard Parry, Scottish Affairs

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

    James Mitchell

About the author

JAMES MITCHELL is Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He was previously Chair in Politics at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Conservatives and the Union, Strategies for Self-Government and co-author of Politics and Public Policy in Scotland, How Scotland Votes and Scotland Decides: The Devolution Referendum.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Governing Scotland

  • Book Subtitle: The Invention of Administrative Devolution

  • Authors: James Mitchell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230800045

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-74323-2Published: 25 November 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-41012-5Published: 01 January 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-80004-5Published: 25 November 2003

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 259

  • Topics: British Politics, Political Science

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