Caledonian Dreaming by Gerry Hassan sampler
Caledonian Dreaming: The Quest for a Different Scotland offers a penetrating and original way forward for Scotland beyond the current independence debate. It identifies the myths of modern Scotland, describes what they say and why they need to be seen as myths. Hassan argues that Scotland is already changing, as traditional institutions and power decline and new forces emerge. He outlines a prospectus for Scotland to become more democratic and to embrace radical and far-reaching change.
Caledonian Dreaming: The Quest for a Different Scotland offers a penetrating and original way forward for Scotland beyond the current independence debate. It identifies the myths of modern Scotland, describes what they say and why they need to be seen as myths.
Hassan argues that Scotland is already changing, as traditional institutions and power decline and new forces emerge. He outlines a prospectus for Scotland to become more democratic and to embrace radical and far-reaching change.
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Contents<br />
Luve Poem 6<br />
Acknowledgements 7<br />
The Art of Growing Up: A Foreword Fintan O’Toole 9<br />
chapter one Scotland is Changing: A Nation in Transition 13<br />
chapter two The Six Myths of Modern Scotland 31<br />
chapter three The Personal is Political 42<br />
chapter four The Global Kingdom: Britain after the<br />
Bubble 49<br />
chapter five Back in the Old Country: The Power of<br />
the Past 68<br />
chapter six Scotland is not a Democracy 77<br />
chapter seven The Rise and Fall of ‘Civic Scotland’ 92<br />
chapter eight The Stories of Radical Scotland 101<br />
chapter nine A Different Kind of Politics is Possible:<br />
The Left, Laughter and Imagination 115<br />
chapter ten Now That’s What I Call the Eighties:<br />
Scotland and Thatcherism 129<br />
chapter eleven The Sounds of Silence: Thatcher, Blair<br />
and Understanding the Past 142<br />
chapter twelve What went wrong with Professional<br />
Scotland? 151<br />
chapter thirteen The Emergence of ‘the Third Scotland’:<br />
Values, Voice and Vessels 164<br />
chapter fourteen A Scotland Beyond Labels and ‘the<br />
Official Story’ 177<br />
chapter fifteen The Change We Can Become and the<br />
Power of Dreams 192<br />
chapter sixteen The Limits of Politics and the Potential<br />
of Scotland International 210<br />
Afterword: How to Make a New Democracy 227<br />
Appendix i: Some More Detailed Thoughts and Suggestions 235<br />
Bibliography 241<br />
Index 247
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