The New Sociology Of Scotland

Author : David McCrone
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 763 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473987814

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The New Sociology of Scotland by David McCrone Pdf

Written by a leading sociologist of Scotland, this ground-breaking new introduction is a comprehensive account of the social, political, economic and cultural processes at work in contemporary Scottish society. At a time of major uncertainty and transformation The New Sociology of Scotland explores every aspect of Scottish life. Placed firmly in the context of globalisation, the text: examines a broad range of topics including race and ethnicity, social inequality, national identity, health, class, education, sport, media and culture, among many others. looks at the ramifications of recent political events such as British General Election of 2015, the Scottish parliament election of May 2016, and the Brexit referendum of June 2016. uses learning features such as further reading and discussion questions to stimulate students to engage critically with issues raised. Written in a lucid and accessible style, The New Sociology of Scotland is an indispensable guide for students of sociology and politics.

Author : David McCrone
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781473987050

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The New Sociology of Scotland by David McCrone Pdf

With interdisciplinary coverage of a wide range of core topics – including social inequality, national identity, religion, sport and education – accompanied by comprehensive pedagogical features to encourage engagement, McCrone’s introduction provides students with an exciting new textbook on Scottish society

Author : David McCrone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134529599

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Understanding Scotland by David McCrone Pdf

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Tony Sweeney,John Lewis,Neil Etherington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Scotland
ISBN : 0954598709

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Sociology and Scotland by Tony Sweeney,John Lewis,Neil Etherington Pdf

Author : Tom M. Devine
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781474437899

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New Scots by Tom M. Devine Pdf

Looks at all aspects of the pivotal intellectual relationship between two key figures of the Enlightenment

Author : T. M. Devine
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141985947

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The Scottish Clearances by T. M. Devine Pdf

'A superb book ... Anybody interested in Scottish history needs to read it' Andrew Marr, Sunday Times Eighteenth-century Scotland is famed for generating many of the enlightened ideas which helped to shape the modern world. But there was in the same period another side to the history of the nation. Many of Scotland's people were subjected to coercive and sometimes violent change, as traditional ways of life were overturned by the 'rational' exploitation of land use. The Scottish Clearances is a superb and highly original account of this sometimes terrible process, which changed the Lowland countryside forever, as it also did, more infamously, the old society of the Highlands. Based on a vast array of original sources, this pioneering book is the first to chart this tumultuous saga in one volume, with due attention to evictions and loss of land in both north and south of the Highland line. In the process, old myths are exploded and familiar assumptions undermined. With many fascinating details and the sense of an epic human story, The Scottish Clearances is an evocative memorial to all whose lives were irreparably changed in the interests of economic efficiency. This is a story of forced clearance, of the destruction of entire communities and of large-scale emigration. Some winners were able to adapt and exploit the new opportunities, but there were also others who lost everything. The clearances created the landscape of Scotland today, but it came at a huge price.

Author : David McCrone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nationalism
ISBN : OCLC:655090599

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Understanding Scotland by David McCrone Pdf

Author : Neil Davidson,James Foley,Ben Wray
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788735834

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Scotland After Britain by Neil Davidson,James Foley,Ben Wray Pdf

What is Scottish independence for? Since the referendum, Scottish independence has been captured by conservative forces. Scotland After Britain argues for fidelity to the true meaning of the word independence. It should mean not only a break from the failing British state, but also from the prison of free trade and militarism that has delivered successive crises. Most of all, independence must honestly address the huge injustices of income, wealth and power that continue to define Scottish society, by restoring agency to working class communities and voters. Scotland After Britain shines a spotlight on pro-independence politics since Brexit and the pandemic. The Scottish national question has emerged as the biggest fracture in the British state after Brexit. The independence movement emerged from mass public disenchantment at the status quo, yet the SNP continues governing as if that disenchantment never happened, and the party leadership appears increasingly ambivalent about the risks of demanding independence. Most of all, the British state remains hostile to allowing a second referendum, while the SNP leadership has been unwilling to sanction protest beyond the ballot box. Where do we go from here? Scotland After Britain argues Brexit could force the movement to engage in a reckoning with the true stakes of independence, a process that will inevitably require a breach with the SNP’s establishment vision.

Author : David McCrone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134822614

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The Sociology of Nationalism by David McCrone Pdf

In recent years nationalism has emerged as a dominant issue of our time. This is a balanced account of the key points of a subject which is too often obscured by polemic.

Author : Jonathan Gabe,Michael Calnan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134049677

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The New Sociology of the Health Service by Jonathan Gabe,Michael Calnan Pdf

The New Sociology of the Health Service provides a vital new sociological framework for analysing health policy and health care, covering a broad range of key contemporary health services issues. It will be an important read for all students and researchers of medical sociology and health policy.

Author : Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille,Geraldine Vaughan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030428822

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Anti-Catholicism in Britain and Ireland, 1600–2000 by Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille,Geraldine Vaughan Pdf

This edited collection brings together varying angles and approaches to tackle the multi-dimensional issue of anti-Catholicism since the Protestant Reformation in Britain and Ireland. It is of course difficult to infer from such geographically and historically diverse studies one single contention, but what the book as a whole suggests is that there can be no teleological narration of anti-Catholicism – its manifestations were episodic, more or less rooted in common worldviews, and its history does not end today.

Author : John Curtice
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015055923877

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New Scotland, New Society? by John Curtice Pdf

The chapters cover a range of contemporary debates. Attitudes to key issues such as co-habitation, teenage pregnancy, religion, sexuality, abortion, and racial prejudice are be explored. The capacity of Scotland's political institutions to restore trust are questioned, and the links between the trust which people have in each other and the trust they have in their institutions are tested. These attitudes are set in context over time and also in comparison with the rest of the UK, to see how attitudes have developed, and whether Scottish attitudes are distinctive.

Author : Eleanor Gordon,Esther Breitenbach
Publisher : Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press ; New York : Distributed in North America by Columbia University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034385927

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The World is Ill Divided by Eleanor Gordon,Esther Breitenbach Pdf

Author : Eleanor Bell,Gavin Miller
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9042010282

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Scotland in Theory by Eleanor Bell,Gavin Miller Pdf

Scotland in Theory offers new ways of reading Scottish texts and culture within the context of an altered political framework and a changing sense of national identity. With the re-establishment of a Parliament in Edinburgh, issues of nationality and nationalism can be looked at afresh. It is timely now to revisit representations of Scottish culture in cinematography and literature, and also to examine aspects of gender, sexuality and ideology that have shaped how Scots have come to understand themselves. Established and younger critics use a variety of theoretical approaches here to catch an authentic sense of a post-modern Scotland in the process of change. Literature and the arts provide radical ways of knowing what Scotland, in theory, could become. The collection will be of interest to teachers and students of Scottish and English literature, literary theory, cultural and media analysis, and the history of ideas. Contributors include Eleanor Bell, Kasia Boddy, Cairns Craig, Thomas Docherty, Christopher Harvie, Ellen Raïssa-Jackson, Willy Maley, Gavin Miller, Tom Nairn, Sarah Neely, Laurence Nicoll, Berthold Schoene, Anne McManus Scriven, A.J.P. Thomson, Ronald Turnbull, Christopher Whyte.

Author : Gerard Carruthers,David Goldie,Alastair Renfrew
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9042018836

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Beyond Scotland by Gerard Carruthers,David Goldie,Alastair Renfrew Pdf

Scottish creative writing in the twentieth century was notable for its willingness to explore and absorb the literatures of other times and other nations. From the engagement with Russian literature of Hugh MacDiarmid and Edwin Morgan, through to the interplay with continental literary theory, Scottish writers have proved active participants in a diverse international literary practice. Scottish criticism has, arguably, often been slow in appreciating the full extent of this exchange. Preoccupied with marking out its territory, with identifying an independent and distinctive tradition, Scottish criticism has occasionally blinded itself to the diversity and range of its writers. In stressing the importance of cultural independence, it has tended to overlook the many virtues of interdependence. The essays in this book aim to offer a corrective view. They celebrate the achievement of Scottish writing in the twentieth century by offering a wider basis for appreciation than a narrow idea of 'Scottishness'. Each essay explores an aspect of Scottish writing in an individual foreign perspective; together they provide an enriching account of a national literary practice that has deep, and often surprisingly complex, roots in international culture.