Scotlands ten tomorrows devolution (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. New Ed. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 160 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. h/b 200 pages, condition is very good. From the controversial Parliament building to MSP's pay and expenses, devolution has sharply divided the country. Has life in Scotland really improved? Or did devolution set in motion a runaway gravy train for government and the bureaucracy? Despite record public spending in Scotland, there are huge problems in health, education, public welfare, economic policy, arts, and culture and wellbeing. The structural problems that the barnett Formula on Scotland's share of UK spending was meant to tackle have grown worse. Yet government spending as a proportion of the economy in Scotland is now 52 per cent - one of the highest figures in the industrialized world. Here ten of Scotland's most prominent writers and commentators set our what has gone wrong - free from government gobbledygook and spin - and present blod and positive ideas to take Scotland forward.…

1st ed. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), figures, top edge minimally foxed, minor edgewear. 200 pp. Ten of Scotland's most prominent writers and commentators present bold and positive ideas to take Scotland forward in terms of the devolution debate (that is, for greater independence from London). Edited by Bill Jamieson. (Amazon states the title as '10 Tomorrows'.).…