ALICE BROWN is Professor of Politics, University of Edinburgh. She has published widely on Scottish politics and on women in politics and society.DAVID MCCRONE is Professor of Sociology, University of Edinburgh, and convenor of the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland. He has published extensively on the sociology, culture and politics of Scotland.LINDSAY PATERSON is Professor of Educational Policy, Moray House Institute of Education, Heriot-Watt University. He has written widely on Scottish politics and on the sociology of education.

• Scottish Politics, 1907-1997Politics, State and SocietyPolitics and the Scottish ConstitutionThe Scottish EconomyParty Politics in ScotlandElectoral Change and Political AttitudesWomen and Scottish PoliticsEthnicity, Culture and IdentityThe Scottish Question and the Future of Politics.

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