
A Nation Again
Why Independence Will be Good for Scotland (and England Too)
Paul Henderon Scott(Editor)
Luath Press Ltd
Published on 1. March 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-906817-67-1 (ISBN)
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Description
As the Scottish people prepare for their biggest ever collective decision with a proposed referendum near at hand, The Independence Book forcefully sets out the Case for Independence. The Imperative of Independence is demonstrated by varied distinguished authors, including contributions from Neil Kay, Tom Nairn and Betty Davies. Each author tackles the subject in a different way - personal, political, historical or academic - but the key denominator is clear: Independence Must Come.
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If anyone were to ask me if there's a handy wee book which effectively argues the case for Scottish independence and, just as importantly, counters the main Unionist objections, then this is the book I'd recommend. It does what it says on the tin.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
221 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-906817-67-1 (9781906817671)
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PAUL HENDERSON SCOTT was born in Edinburgh and educated at the Royal High School and Edinburgh University. He was in 52nd (Lowland) and 7th Armed Divisions during the war and then joined the Diplomatic Service. He was in Berlin during the whole of the Soviet blockade and in Cuba during the Missile Crisis. In 1980, he returned to Edinburgh. Since then he has been Rector of Dundee University, President of both the Saltire Society and Scottish pen, and Vice-President of the SNP and its Spokesman on Culture and International Affairs as well as writing more than a dozen books and editing another dozen or so. His books include: The Boasted Advantages, A 20th Century Life (his autobiography), The New Scotland, its sequel, Scotland Resurgent, The Union of 1707: Why and How, The Age of Liberation and A Nation Again.
STEPHEN MAXWELL was born in Edinburgh in 1942 to a Scottish medical family. He grew up in Yorkshire and was educated there before winning a scholarship to St John's College Cambridge, where he read Moral Sciences. This was followed by three years at the London School of Economics studying International Politics. Attracted by stirrings of Scottish Nationalism, he joined the London branch of the SNP in 1967. He worked as a research associate for the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and a Lecturer in International Affairs at the University of Sussex. In 1970 he returned to Scotland as Chatham House Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He was a frequent contributor to the cultural and political journals from Scottish International Review through Question to Radical Scotland, which fertilized the Scottish debate from the 1970s to the 1990s. From 1973 to 1978 he was the SNP's National Press Officer and was director of the SNP's 1979 campaign in the Scottish Assembly Referendum. He was a SNP councilor on Lothian Regional Council 1975-1978 before serving as SNP Vice Chair successively for Publicity, Policy and Local Government. From the mid 1980s he worked in the voluntary sector initially with Scottish Education and Action for Development (SEAD) and then for the Scottish Council for Voluntary organizations (SCVO). He retired in 2009. He was the founding chair of a Scottish charitable company which today provides support to enable six hundred vulnerable people to live in the community. He has contributed to numerous collections of essays on Scotland's future, most recently The Modern SNP: from protest to power (ed Hassan, EUP 2009) and Nation in a State (ed Brown, Ten Book Press 2007). Stephen Maxwell died on 25th April 2012, aged 69.
STEPHEN MAXWELL was born in Edinburgh in 1942 to a Scottish medical family. He grew up in Yorkshire and was educated there before winning a scholarship to St John's College Cambridge, where he read Moral Sciences. This was followed by three years at the London School of Economics studying International Politics. Attracted by stirrings of Scottish Nationalism, he joined the London branch of the SNP in 1967. He worked as a research associate for the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and a Lecturer in International Affairs at the University of Sussex. In 1970 he returned to Scotland as Chatham House Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He was a frequent contributor to the cultural and political journals from Scottish International Review through Question to Radical Scotland, which fertilized the Scottish debate from the 1970s to the 1990s. From 1973 to 1978 he was the SNP's National Press Officer and was director of the SNP's 1979 campaign in the Scottish Assembly Referendum. He was a SNP councilor on Lothian Regional Council 1975-1978 before serving as SNP Vice Chair successively for Publicity, Policy and Local Government. From the mid 1980s he worked in the voluntary sector initially with Scottish Education and Action for Development (SEAD) and then for the Scottish Council for Voluntary organizations (SCVO). He retired in 2009. He was the founding chair of a Scottish charitable company which today provides support to enable six hundred vulnerable people to live in the community. He has contributed to numerous collections of essays on Scotland's future, most recently The Modern SNP: from protest to power (ed Hassan, EUP 2009) and Nation in a State (ed Brown, Ten Book Press 2007). Stephen Maxwell died on 25th April 2012, aged 69.
Editor
Contributions
Foreword
Content
Foreword by Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland 7
Reekie, 2000 9
Introduction 11
chapter 1 Independence is the Answer 13
paul henderson scott
chapter 2 Make a Noble Dream Come True 43
harry reid
chapter 3 Scotland's Economic Options in the Global Crisis 61
stephen maxwell
chapter 4 Timed Out: Great Britain to Little England? 71
tom nairn
chapter 5 The Fish, The Ferry, and The Black 83
Crude Reality
neil kay
chapter 6 An English Voice in Scotland 107
betty davies
Democratic Deficit: Scotland and the uk 119
Postscript Questions and Answers 121
Reekie, 2000 9
Introduction 11
chapter 1 Independence is the Answer 13
paul henderson scott
chapter 2 Make a Noble Dream Come True 43
harry reid
chapter 3 Scotland's Economic Options in the Global Crisis 61
stephen maxwell
chapter 4 Timed Out: Great Britain to Little England? 71
tom nairn
chapter 5 The Fish, The Ferry, and The Black 83
Crude Reality
neil kay
chapter 6 An English Voice in Scotland 107
betty davies
Democratic Deficit: Scotland and the uk 119
Postscript Questions and Answers 121