Governing Scotland
Subtitle: The Invention of Administrative Devolution
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780333743232
Subjects: Political structures: democracy; 20th century; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Scotland; Europe - Great Britain - Scotland; Government - General; History & Theory - General; Political Science / State & Local Government; Government - State & Provincial; 19th century; Decentralization in government; Great Britain; Great Britain.; History; Politics and government; Scottish Office
First sentence: Throughout its existence, the Scottish Office embodied the UK's willingness to acknowledge Scottish distinctiveness but, as part of Whitehall and accountable to Parliament at Westminster, it also represented the unity of the state.