Quality of Scottish democracy

Lundberg, T. (2016) Quality of Scottish democracy. In: McTavish, D. (ed.) Politics in Scotland. Routledge: Abingdon, pp. 42-58. ISBN 9781138933217

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Abstract

The founders of Scottish devolution intended to create a ‘new politics’ that would be less adversarial than British politics. Some of their aspirations resonate with the basic themes of freedom, equality and democratic control in the quality of democracy literature dating back to the 1970s. Authors of this literature disagree on some aspects of what constitutes democratic quality, so a distinction can be made between minimalist and maximalist democratic conceptualisations. This chapter provides examples of both types of conceptualisation present before and after devolution, noting that more recent developments are pushing Scotland in the highly contested maximalist direction.

Item Type:Book Sections
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Lundberg, Dr Thomas
Authors: Lundberg, T.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics
Publisher:Routledge
ISBN:9781138933217
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2017 Routledge
First Published:First published in Politics in Scotland: 42-58
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy
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