The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics

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