Governing Scotland
Subtitle: the invention of administrative devolution
By: James Mitchell.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Great Britain. Scottish Office -- History; Decentralization in government -- Scotland -- History; Scotland -- Politics and government -- 19th century; Scotland -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Description: "Governing Scotland explores the origins and development of the Scottish Office in an attempt to understand Scottland's position within the UK union state in the twentieth century.

Two competing views were encapsulated in debates on how Scotland should be governed in the early twentieth century: a Whitehall view that emphasized a professional bureaucracy with power centered on London; and a Scottish view that emphasized the importance of Scottish national sentiment. These views were ultimately reconciled in 'administrative devolution'."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.