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1 No. 37, Autumn 2001 airs / Scottish Parliament Petitions Welsh Identity Tourism Taxation Unions and Call Centres

2 V COTTISH AFFAIRS publishes articles of concern to people who are interested in the development of Scotland. This includes articles about similarly placed small nations and regions throughout Europe and beyond. The articles are authoritative and rigorous without being technical and pedantic. No subject area is excluded, but all articles should pay attention to the social and political context of their topics. Thus Scottish Affairs takes up a position between informed journalism and academic analysis, and provides a forum for dialogue between the two. The readers and contributors include journalists, politicians, civil servants, business people, academics, and people in general who take an informed interest in current affairs. Scottish Affairs has grown out of The Scottish Government Yearbook. which appeared between 1977 and For information about subscribing to Scottish Affairs see the inside back cover. To submit an article to Scottish Affairs, send three copies to: Scottish Affairs, Institute of Governance Chisholm House, High School Yards, Edinburgh EH11LZ Tel: Fax: www: Ladams@ed.ac.uk Manuscripts should conform to the style of Scottish Affairs, full details of which are available from the editor. Books for review should be sent to the Book Review Editor at the above address.

3 SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Issue no. 37 Autumn 2001

4 Published in paperback by Institute of Governance The University of Edinburgh Chisholm House, High School Yards, Edinburgh EH11LZ ISSN the authors, 2001 Successor to The Scottish Government Yearbook Printed by Printing Services The University of Edinburgh

5 Scottish Affairs, no.37, autumn 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE SCOTTISH POLITICS LINKING PARLIAMENT TO THE PEOPLE: THE PUBLIC PETITIONS PROCESS OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT Peter Lynch and Steven Birrell 1 REVIEW: THE COLLECTED SPEECHES OF JOHN SMITH Robert McLean 19 REVIEW: GUIDE TO SCOTTISH POLITICS Ailsa Henderson 22 OPINION POLLS IN SCOTLAND: JUNE 2000-JUNE 2001 David McCrone 26 COMPARATIVE NATIONALISM ON PROCESS, EVENTS AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE POLITICS OF WELSH DEVOLUTION Richard Wyn Jones 34 REVIEW: SCOTLAND AND WALES: NATIONS AGAIN? Michael Keating 58 POLITICAL JOURNALISTS AND NATIONALIST PARTIES IN SCOTLAND AND QUEBEC Kathryn-Jane Hazel 61 i

6 Scottish Affairs, no.37, autumn 2001 TOURISM AND RURAL AFFAIRS ARGUING FOR AND AGAINST TOURISM TAXATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE SCOTTISH CONTEXT Gordon N Barron, Bill Kerr and Roy C Wood 72 SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT: CAN INDUSTRIAL FORESTRY MEET THE CHALLENGE? Douglas Macmillan 88 TRADE UNIONISM SEIZING THE TIME? UNION RECRUITMENT POTENTIAL IN SCOTTISH CALL CENTRES Peter Bain and Phil Taylor 104 HISTORY REVIEW: UNDERSTANDING SCOTLAND: THE STATE OF THE NATION Richard Finlay 129 REVIEW: SCOTTISH LIFE AND SOCIETY: EDUCATION Brian Simon 137 ii

'Te Independent Television Commission The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is the public body responsible for licensing and regulating all non-bbc television services operating in or for the

The National and Regional Offices of the ITC monitor the licensees' services in their area in liaison with Headquarters Division.

7 'Te Independent Television Commission The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is the public body responsible for licensing and regulating all non-bbc television services operating in or for the UK. These include ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Digital services, a range of Cable, Satellite, text and data services. The National and Regional Offices of the ITC monitor the licensees' services in their area in liaison with Headquarters Division. The National Office in Scotland has a particular responsibility to liaise with the licensees in Scotland and to promote awareness and understanding of the ITC's functions. Scotland: 123 Blythswood Street, Glasgow G2 4AN Telephone: Fax: FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SCOTTISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT subscribe to the SLGIU Bulletin The bulletin is available to individuals and organisations with an interest in local government from the SCOTTISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION UNIT Room 507, Baltic Chambers, 50 Wellington Street, Glasgow G2 6HJ. Telephone:

8 Barbara Körte / Klaus Peter Müller (eds.) Unity in Diversity Revisited? British Literature and Culture in the 1990s 1998,274 Seiten, DM 96.-/ÖS 701,-/SFr 86,- ISBN Discussions of British literature and culture in the 1980s tended to emphasize fragmentation and diversity: differences of ethnicity, nationality, region, and gender. This volume of essays by British and German scholars investigates how such and related key terms have evolved in the 1990s,. As British culture is heading towards the 21st century, T.S. Eliot's idea of a culture that is united in spite of its diversity appears to have gained new appeal; however, new concepts of cultural coherence and variety suggest alternatives to both modernist and postmodernist assumptions. The essays address the topic from a variety of approaches and deal with several genres (drama, poetry, novels and television plays), focusing on theoretical concepts or special subject areas, including intertextuality, the role of the imagination, the 'return of alchemy', and the literary construction of ethnic, regional, and gender-specific identities. From the Contents: B. Korte/KP. Müller, Unity in Diversity Revisited: Complex Paradoxes Beyond Post-/Modernism; K. Flint, Looking Backward? The Relevance of Britishness; S. Mergenthal, Englishness/Englishnesses in Contemporary Fiction; H.W. Drescher, Re-Viewing the Scottish Tradition in (British) Literature; H. Nowak, Black British Literature - Unity or Diversity? M. Stein, The Black British Bildungsroman and the Transformation of Britain: Connectedness across Difference; R. Schaffner, 'Identity is not in the past to be found, but in the future to be constructed': History and Identity in Caryl Phillips's Novels; C. Sternberg, PC TV? Ethnicity in Mainstream Television Drama ( ); B. Reitz, 'Shedding the panty-girdle': The Women Playwrighs and the Issue of Feminism; H. Frießnitz, Coherence and Deccntrement: Towards a Glocal Concept of English Literary Studies; Reckwitz, Intertextuality - Between Continuity and Innovation; T. Döring, Culture and Translation: Re-Reading Matthew Arnold; E. Schenkel, Exploring Unity in Contradiction: The Return of Alchemy in Contemporary British Writing; R. Freiburg, Imagination in Contemporary British Fiction;/ Lucas, Value and Validity in Contemporary Poetry; J. Kramer, A Note on 'Third Terms'. Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen Postfach 2S67 D Tübingen - Fax (07071) Intern«: rmpj/ narr-francke@t-online.de

The Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) provides research support to the Parliament's committees and to MSPs in carrying out their parliamentary work.

9 The Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) provides research support to the Parliament's committees and to MSPs in carrying out their parliamentary work. SPICe research specialists undertake most of this work in-house, but also manage a modest budget for commissioning external research that can be used to complement the in-house research services. SPICe researchers are currently scoping research on the Consultative Steering Group (CSG) principles for the Parliament's Procedures Committee and are keen to hear about work in this area that has been done or is under way. If you are involved in any relevant work we would be grateful if you would contact Connie Smith. SPICe also want to hear from researchers who would like to register interest in tendering for research for Parliamentary committees. Researchers should visit the Scottish Parliament website and complete the short form. This will be used to inform decisions about invitations to tender but please note that submission of an expression of interest does not a guarantee an invitation to tender. For further information contact: Connie Smith Senior Research Assessor Scottish Parliament Information Centre Parliament Headquarters George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH991SP connie.smilhoscottish.parliament.uk Tel

Edinburgh University Press Selected Articles A descriptivemodel of Scottish Culture Angus Calder Pagan Airts Steve Sweeney-Turner The Seal Wife Sue Glover Democracy and Scottish Postcoloniality

11 Edinburgh University Press Selected Articles A descriptivemodel of Scottish Culture Angus Calder Pagan Airts Steve Sweeney-Turner The Seal Wife Sue Glover Democracy and Scottish Postcoloniality Michael Gardiner Civilisation in Scodami James Iawson Cariyle the Radicai Christopher Harvie Re-readingtbe'lado'Paìrts" Andrew Nash Order Form Please enter my subscription to Scotlands Volumes 1998 (ISSN ) Individuals UK and EC N. America $42.00 Rest of World Institutions UK and EC N. America $83.00 Rest of World Please send me a free sample copy Explore Scotland Without Leaving Your Chair Scotlands The Journal of Scottish Culture In the last decade Scottish studies have grown and flourished. Scotlands creates aforumfor the sharing of insight and enthusiasm, for debate and concensus. Each issue contains essaysfromleading scholars in the arts, literature, music, history and current affairs. Individually, these articles are essential reading for everyone interested in Scottish culture; collectively, they construct the crucial debate on the state of Scotland today. P/eme return to ti» additst behw Postage included. Please add O/S10 (or airmail postaga. Name Address Tel Postcode I enclose a cheque (payable to Edinburgh UnhttrsHy Press) Please debit my Visa/Mastercard Card No. Expiry Date _ Signature _ xg ( SWBfSA Edinburgh University Press, 22 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LF Tel: (+44) Fax: (+44)

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Études écossaises ISSN 1240-1439 Eludes écossaises is a bilingual journal (French and English) on Scottish studies, which was first published in 1992 by Stendhal University in Grenoble.

13 Études écossaises ISSN Eludes écossaises is a bilingual journal (French and English) on Scottish studies, which was first published in 1992 by Stendhal University in Grenoble. The ambition of the journal is to provide an international forum tor academic debate on Scottish culture, past and present. In each issue we carry articles from researchers Irom several countries, as well as a section on current research on Scottish topics in France. Although focusing on literature, the journal also covers aspects ot Scottish history and politics, and will be increasingly open to contributions on the other arts. The reception of the journal has been excellent both within and outside Scotland - with articles in Cencmstus. Scottish Affairs, Chapman, The Scottish Book Collector, etc. One Scottish critic has described Éludes écossaises as «a vigorous member of the new generation ol Scottish cultural periodicals» and suggested that it should be in the collection of any library concerned with Scottish studies > {Scottish Allairs. n 4, Summer 1993). ÉTUDES ÉCOSSAISES ORDER FORM * I wish to subscribe to Études écossaises as of 1995 at the annual subscription cost of S20/E15* (including postage). Please send the journal to the following adress : Please send me.one copy of Études écossaises N" t/ 2/ Special ESSE issue (delete as necessary) at the cost $20/ 15' (including postage). The journal should be sent to the following address : ' Chèques should be addressed to : Société d'études écossaises et dix-huitiémistes Address of études écossaises : UFR d'études anglophones. Université Stendhal, BP 25 X Grenoble cedex 9.

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SCOTTISH AFFAIRS publishes articles of concern to

SCOTTISH AFFAIRS publishes articles of concern to people who are interested in the development of Scotland. This includes articles about similarly placed small nations and regions throughout Europe and