Michael Keating is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh; he was also co-founder and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change. He is the author of several publications, including but not limited to State and Nation in the United Kingdom: The Fractured Union (OUP, 2021), The Independence of Scotland. Self-Government and the Shifting Politics of Union (OUP, 2009) and The Government of Scotland. Public Policy Making after Devolution (EUP 2005).

• List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; 1. Public Policy and Devolution; 2. The New Scottish Political System; 3. Publics, Parties and Elections; 4. The Policy Environment; 5. Government and Parliament; 6. Intergovernmental Policy Making; 7. Getting and Spending; 8. Policy Making in Practice; 9. New Politics, New Policies?; Bibliography; Index

Second editions are often first editions plus some cosmetic changes and a few updates. Michael Keating's second edition of The Government of Scotland is much more than this. Of course it brings things up to date, including a nuanced analysis of the impact an SNP Government has had on politics and policy in Scotland. But it also develops much more strongly the theme of how politics and policy have become re-scaled within the state. Scotland appears here as an especially interesting case study of the territorialisation of 'policy community' and the embedding of a distinctive policy style. This is one of the best books on devolution so far. -- Charlie Jeffery, Head of School of Social and Political Science, Edinburgh University Second editions are often first editions plus some cosmetic changes and a few updates. Michael Keating's second edition of The Government of Scotland is much more than this. Of course it brings things up to date, including a nuanced analysis of the impact an SNP Government has had on politics and policy in Scotland. But it also develops much more strongly the theme of how politics and policy have become re-scaled within the state. Scotland appears here as an especially interesting case study of the territorialisation of 'policy community' and the embedding of a distinctive policy style. This is one of the best books on devolution so far.

Michael Keating is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh; he was also co-founder and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change. He is the author of several publications, including but not limited to State and Nation in the United Kingdom: The Fractured Union (OUP, 2021), The Independence of Scotland. Self-Government and the Shifting Politics of Union (OUP, 2009) and The Government of Scotland. Public Policy Making after Devolution (EUP 2005).

• List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; 1. Public Policy and Devolution; 2. The New Scottish Political System; 3. Publics, Parties and Elections; 4. The Policy Environment; 5. Government and Parliament; 6. Intergovernmental Policy Making; 7. Getting and Spending; 8. Policy Making in Practice; 9. New Politics, New Policies?; Bibliography; Index

Second editions are often first editions plus some cosmetic changes and a few updates. Michael Keating's second edition of The Government of Scotland is much more than this. Of course it brings things up to date, including a nuanced analysis of the impact an SNP Government has had on politics and policy in Scotland. But it also develops much more strongly the theme of how politics and policy have become re-scaled within the state. Scotland appears here as an especially interesting case study of the territorialisation of 'policy community' and the embedding of a distinctive policy style. This is one of the best books on devolution so far. -- Charlie Jeffery, Head of School of Social and Political Science, Edinburgh University Second editions are often first editions plus some cosmetic changes and a few updates. Michael Keating's second edition of The Government of Scotland is much more than this. Of course it brings things up to date, including a nuanced analysis of the impact an SNP Government has had on politics and policy in Scotland. But it also develops much more strongly the theme of how politics and policy have become re-scaled within the state. Scotland appears here as an especially interesting case study of the territorialisation of 'policy community' and the embedding of a distinctive policy style. This is one of the best books on devolution so far.

Michael Keating is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh; he was also co-founder and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change. He is the author of several publications, including but not limited to State and Nation in the United Kingdom: The Fractured Union (OUP, 2021), The Independence of Scotland. Self-Government and the Shifting Politics of Union (OUP, 2009) and The Government of Scotland. Public Policy Making after Devolution (EUP 2005).

• List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; 1. Public Policy and Devolution; 2. The New Scottish Political System; 3. Publics, Parties and Elections; 4. The Policy Environment; 5. Government and Parliament; 6. Intergovernmental Policy Making; 7. Getting and Spending; 8. Policy Making in Practice; 9. New Politics, New Policies?; Bibliography; Index

Second editions are often first editions plus some cosmetic changes and a few updates. Michael Keating's second edition of The Government of Scotland is much more than this. Of course it brings things up to date, including a nuanced analysis of the impact an SNP Government has had on politics and policy in Scotland. But it also develops much more strongly the theme of how politics and policy have become re-scaled within the state. Scotland appears here as an especially interesting case study of the territorialisation of 'policy community' and the embedding of a distinctive policy style. This is one of the best books on devolution so far. -- Charlie Jeffery, Head of School of Social and Political Science, Edinburgh University Second editions are often first editions plus some cosmetic changes and a few updates. Michael Keating's second edition of The Government of Scotland is much more than this. Of course it brings things up to date, including a nuanced analysis of the impact an SNP Government has had on politics and policy in Scotland. But it also develops much more strongly the theme of how politics and policy have become re-scaled within the state. Scotland appears here as an especially interesting case study of the territorialisation of 'policy community' and the embedding of a distinctive policy style. This is one of the best books on devolution so far.