Governing Scotland explores the origins and development of the Scottish Office in an attempt to understand Scotland's position within the UK union state in the twentieth century. Two competing views were encapsulated in debates on how Scotland should be governed in the early twentieth century: a Whitehall view that emphasized a professional bureaucracy with power centered on London and a Scottish view that emphasized the importance of Scottish national sentiment. These views were ultimately reconciled in "administrative devolution."
Author(s): James Mitchell
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 272
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
1 Introduction......Page 14
2 The Origins of the Scottish Central Administration......Page 24
3 Settling Down to Business......Page 42
4 Educational Administration......Page 63
5 Administering Agriculture, Health and the Highlands and Islands......Page 87
6 MacDonnell, the Boards and the 1928 Act......Page 105
7 The Reorganisation Debate and Gilmour......Page 130
8 The Origins and Development of the Goschen formula......Page 162
9 Scottish Office Ministers......Page 195
10 Conclusion......Page 220
Notes......Page 229
Bibliography......Page 259
C......Page 267
G......Page 268
L......Page 269
P......Page 270
S......Page 271
Y......Page 272
