... breakthrough in Scottish local government. Bannerman J later Lord devolution for Scotland Donaldson C Grimond J Hanham H J Johnston Sir R later Lord Mackie G Steel David Lord Steel J Gardner L Heath E Lubbock E McEwen R Murray R K Preston P Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles by lection 1965 Scottish...

..., which provided avenues into public life. It argues that the work and family connections of Dundee's leading manufacturers were largely separate from these local government circles. It was partly because of this that the manufacturers did not dominate local government institutions but instead developed...

... Taxation Wigtownshire William of Orange crowd violence local government petitioning elections The revolution in Scotland was neither glorious nor bloodless, though probably no more than twelve deaths can be attributed to disturbances in the interval from early December 1688 to mid-March 1689...

... Nouripour Omid Öney Bilkey Bourdieu Giddens Voters’ association local government discourse Muslims The 2009 local council elections in the German State of North-Rhine-Westphalia brought about a significant innovation: for the first time citizens with a migration background came to the fore...

...This chapter reviews the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party’s experience in local government in the contemporary era, with a review of the post-1974 period, traditionally viewed as the inception of modern Scottish local government. It also analyses the impact of the Conservative Party over...

... Alexander Burntisland Hay James Lauderdale John Maitland second earl and duke of Bruce Peter Dublin Paterson Sir Hugh of Bannockburn Kirk sessions King James VII and II royal government local government local taxation This chapter analyses James vii’s intervention in the government...

... authority, local citizenship and taxes, which had first become manifest upon the introduction of indirect rule, set in anew under local government reform. At the heart of these debates were three controversial issues: the relationship between earth-shrine parishes and chiefdoms; the role...

... remain the sole responsibility of the author. Local government has been described as ‘big business’. With the exception of Northern Ireland, local authorities in the United Kingdom are responsible for education, housing, personal services, transport, planning, fire and rescue services, policing...

..., this chapter includes the draft constitution’s treatment of: nationalism and national identity, statehood, citizenship, religion-state relations, socio-economic rights, ‘fourth branch’ institutions, standards in public life, and local government. It argues that the draft constitution, as a supreme and rigid...

... and local government administration brought the state down to the village. The chapter also discusses the Teso Insurgency – the most important event of recent years – a time when the social and economic fabric of Teso society broke down. cotton industry de Berry Joanna economy bakungulu period Arionga...

... Jim Rosenburg Lou Cramond Granton Quartermile Waterfront The Forth Ports ports special purpose vehicles SPVs trams Transport initiatives Edinburgh TiE Leith Docks Western Harbour Kallin Hamish Inch Andy Tweedbank modernisation Development and Planning Local Government Politics...

... Norway an advantage over Scotland in achieving democratic governance. Scotland’s longstanding subordinate status within the British Empire, which largely disenfranchised the Scots and left them without the necessary government support in the areas of industry and oil and gas, local governance...

... rhetoric of the post-war era could, with some alterations, be adopted by supporters of constitutional change. Attention is given first to the concerns that arose in Scotland at the prospect of the United Kingdom joining the EEC. The focus shifts thereafter to the reform of Scottish local government...

..., agriculture and land ownership, industry, local government, money and banking, the welfare state, education, outdoor activities and recreation and religion. There are additional chapters on the impacts of the two World Wars on political relations between Scotland and Norway, on core issue in the comparison...

...The book examines how town and country planning in the Scottish Borders was transformed from a fringe activity of local government to become the driving force for rural regeneration. The Scottish Borders comprises the historic counties of Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire...