Table of Contents

List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Strange Death of ‘Labour Scotland’; 1. The ‘Myth’ of ‘Labour Scotland’; Part I: The Context of Scottish Labour: The Opposition Years; 2. Fighting for What Really Matters: The Politics of Scottish Labour 1979–87; 3. ‘What Do You Do When Democracy Fails You?’ – ‘The Scottish Dimension’ and Thatcherism; 4. Northern Discomfort: Scottish Labour, New Labour and the Coming of Blair; Part II: The Context of Scottish Labour: Devolution Days; 5. The High Tide of New Labour, New Scotland; 6. Scottish Labour and ‘the Early Days of a Better Nation’; 7. The Politics of Stability and the Slow Demise of New Labour; 8. A Different Political Landscape: Scottish Labour in a Cold Climate; Part III: Scottish Labour in Power; 9. How Distinctive is Scottish Labour? The Cases of Education and Health; 10. Ideology, Institutions and the Programmatic Trajectory of Scottish Labour; 11. The Paradox of Free Personal Care for the Elderly; Part IV: Dynamics of Scottish Labour; 12. Still the People’s Party? Scottish Voting Behaviour and the Scottish Party System; 13. The Evolution of Scottish Labour; 14. The Internal Politics of Scottish Labour; 15. Power and Policy-making; 16. Power in the Scottish Labour Party: The Case of Candidate Selection; 17. The Territorial Dimensions of Labour; Conclusion: The Forward March of Scottish Labour Halted?; References; Index.