Scotland: A Suitable Case for Treatment

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Joining forces again to attack the political establishment, Tom Brown and Henry McLeish embark on a comprehensive examination of the ailments ravaging Scotland and the Union. The diagnosis? That the Scots are a schizophrenic people in crisis whose internal tumult has been writ large on recent British politics. What is called for is radical change, for a 'new politics', for a more confident nation that can bury the hatchet with England and stand alone as a leader in a global world.

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Title	Scotland: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Author	Tom Brown, Henry McLeish
Binding	Paperback
ISBN-13	9781906307691
No. of Pages	192
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Author Bio	RT HON HENRY MCLEISH began his political career in local government in 1974, and was leader of Fife Regional Council for five years. In 1987 he was elected to the UK parliament and became Minister for Devolution and Home Affairs from 1997 to 1999. In the first Scottish Parliament he was Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 1999, and in 2000 he became First Minister of Scotland until 2001. Resigning from politics in 2003, he is now an adviser and lectures internationally on a variety of topics. TOM BROWN is one of Scotland's most respected and experienced political commentators. A former Fleet Street journalist, he was political editor of the Daily Record. He now writes a weekly column for Scotland on Sunday, contributes to a number of newspapers and broadcasts regularly. He has also written books on political biography and football.
Back Cover Copy	Symptoms: the initial signs of a problem. Diagnosis: analysis of the problem Treatment: suggested solutions Henry McLeish, former First Minister of Scotland and Tom Brown, one of Scotland's leading political commentators, are joined by eminent psychologist Anne Ellis as they follow on from their politically provocative Scotland: the Road Divides by putting Scotland on the therapist's couch. They assess what in our past has led to a present nation that is such a strange clamjamfry. Light and dark, brash but with a constant chip on its shoulder, Scotland's Jekyll and Hyde nature is shown to have had led to serious social and political problems including anti-social behaviour, and borderline or real prverty. 'The first part of the book asks us 'tae see ourselves as ithers see us' and the remainder deals with how Scotland should see itself. It asks the difficult question: Scotland - who are we? We ourselves are typical Scots, conscious that we have our fair share of the flaws examined in this book. Recognising our failings is the first step... We warmly encourage readers - be they policymakers or otherwise - to engage in these issues. In this complex modern world there are no easy answers. But we have to keep asking the questions.' - TOM BROWN and HENRY McLEISH
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BISAC Subject	POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General
BIC Subject	Politics & government

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