Book sources

The State of the Nations series, printed by Imprint Academic and alternately edited by Alan Trench and Robert Hazell, gives a year-by-year breakdown of devolution activity within Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England since 2001. The most recent explores the third term of devolution after the May 2007 elections with particular attention to Scotland.

Trench, A. (ed.) (2008), The State of the Nations 2008: Into the Third Term of Devolution in the United Kingdom, UK: Imprint Academic.

There is also The Devolution Series, printed by Manchester University Press, which includes books such as:

Dardanelli, P. (2006), Between Two Unions: Europeanisation and Scottish Devolution: The Devolution Series, Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Trench, A. (2007), Devolution and Power in the United Kingdom: The Devolution Series, Manchester: Manchester University Press.

For other general UK comparatives on policy in practice within health care, housing, education, poverty and economic development see:

Adams, J. and Robinson, P. (eds.) (2002), Devolution in Practice: Public Policy Differences within the UK, London: Institute of Public Policy Research.

Adams, J. and Schmeuker, K. (eds.) (2005), Devolution in Practice 2006, Newcastle: Institute of Public Policy Research North.

Orme, J., Powell, J., Taylor, P. and Grey, M. (eds.) (2007), Public Health for the 21st Century: New Perspectives on Policy, Participation and Practice, 2nd edn, England: McGraw-Hill and the Open University Press.

For those focusing on Scottish devolution in particular the following sources can be useful:

Beland, D. and Lecours, A. (2008), Nationalism and Social Policy: The Politics of Territorial Solidarity, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bromley, C., Curtice, J., Hinds, K. and Park, A. (eds.) (2003), Devolution: Scottish Answers to Scottish Questions? Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Brown, U., Scott, G., Mooney, G. and Duncan, B. (2002), Poverty in Scotland 2002: People, Places and Policies, London: Child Poverty Action Group (Great Britain).

Bryce, T.G.K. and Humes, W.M. (eds.) (2003), Scottish Education: Post-Devolution, 2nd edn, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Greer, S.J. (ed.) (2009), Devolution and Social Citizenship in the UK, Bristol: Policy Press.

Hassan, G. and Paterson, C. (2002), Anatomy of the New Scotland: Power, Influence and Change, Edinburgh: Mainstream.

Hassan, G. and Warhurst, C. (eds.) (2002), Tomorrow's Scotland, London: Lawrence & Wishart.

Himsworth, C.M.G. and Munro, C.R. (1998), Devolution and the Scotland Bill, Edinburgh: W. Green and Son.

Jamieson, B. (ed.) (2007), Scotland's Ten Tomorrows: The Devolution Crisis − and How to Fix It, London: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Keating, M. (2005), The Government of Scotland, Public Policy Making after Devolution, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Keating, M. (ed.) (2007), Scottish Social Democracy, Brussels: PIE Peter Lang.

Lynch, P. (2001), Scottish Government and Politics. An Introduction, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

McCrone, D. (2001), Understanding Scotland: The Sociology of a Nation, 2nd edn, London: Routledge.

McEwen, N. (2006), Nationalism and the State: Welfare and Identity in Scotland and Quebec, Bruxelles: PIE/Peter Lang.

McEwen, N and Moreno, L. (eds.) (2005), The Territorial Politics of Welfare, London: Routledge.

McGarvey, N. and Cairney, P. (2008), Scottish Politics: An Introduction, London: Macmillan.

McKendrick, J.H., Mooney, G., Dickie, J. and P. Kelly (eds.) (2007), Poverty in Scotland 2007, London: Child Poverty Action Group.

Mitchell, J. (2003), Governing Scotland: The Invention of Administrative Devolution, London: Palgrave.

Mooney, G. and Scott, G. (eds.) (2005), Exploring Social Policy in the ‘New’ Scotland, Bristol: The Policy Press.

Mooney, G., Sweeney, T. and Law, A. (eds.) (2006), Social Care, Health and Welfare in Contemporary Scotland, Paisley: Kynoch & Blaney.

Phillips, J. (2008), The Industrial Politics of Devolution: Scotland in the 1960s and 1970s, Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Stewart, J.D. (2004), Taking Stock: Scottish Social Welfare After Devolution, Bristol: The Policy Press.

Journal sources

Arter, D. (2002), ‘On assessing strength and weakness in Parliamentary Committee systems: some preliminary observations on the new Scottish Parliament’, The Journal of Legislative Studies, 8, 2, 93–117.

Bradbury, J. and Mitchell, J. (2007), ‘The constituency work of members of the Scottish Parliament and Assembly for Wales’, Regional and Federal Studies, 17, 117–45.

Cooke, P. and Clifton, N. (2005), ‘Visionary, precautionary and constrained “varieties of devolution” in the economic governance of the devolved UK territories’, Regional Studies: The Journal of the Regional Studies Association, 39, 4, 437–51.

Keating, M. (2005), ‘Policy convergence and divergence in Scotland under devolution’, Regional Studies, 39, 4, 453–63.

Lynch, P. (2006), ‘Governing devolution: understanding the Office of First Ministers in Scotland and Wales’, Parliamentary Affairs, 59, 3, 420–36.

Mitchell, J. (2001), ‘The study of Scottish politics post-devolution: new evidence, new analysis and new methods?’ West European Politics, 24, 4, 216–33.

Mitchell, J. (2006), ‘Evolution and devolution: citizenship, institutions and public policy’, The Journal of Federalism, 1, 153–68.

Mitchell, J. (2006), ‘The unfinished business of devolution’, Political Quarterly, 7, 4.

Mooney, G. and Johnstone, C. (2000), ‘Scotland divided: poverty, inequality and the Scottish Parliament’, Critical Social Policy, 20, 2, 155–82.

Mooney, G. and Poole, L. (2004), ‘A land of milk and honey? Social policy in Scotland after devolution’, Critical Social Policy, 24, 4, 458–83.

Mooney, G. and Williams, C. (2006), ‘Forging new “ways of life”? Social policy and nation building in a devolved Scotland and Wales’, Critical Social Policy, 26, 3, 608–29.

Mooney, G., Scott, G. and Williams, C. (2006), ‘Rethinking social policy through devolution’, Critical Social Policy, 26, 3, 483–97.

Mooney, G., Scott, G. and Mulvey, G. (2008), ‘The ‘Celtic Lion’ and social policy: some thoughts on the SNP and social welfare’, Critical Social Policy, 28, 3, 378–93.

Morelli, C. and Seaman, P. (2007), ‘Devolution and inequality: a failure to create a community of equals’, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, NS 32, 523–38.

Page, A. and Batey, A. (2002), ‘Scotland's other parliament: Westminster legislation about devolved matters in Scotland since devolution’, Public Law, autumn, 501–23.

Parry, R. (2002), ‘Delivery structures and policy development in post-devolution Scotland’, Social Policy and Society, 1, 4, 315–24.

Parry, R. (2003), ‘The Scottish Executive and the challenges of complex policy making’, The Political Quarterly, 74, 4, 450–8.

Williams, C. and Mooney, G. (2008), ‘Decentring social policy? Devolution and the discipline of social policy: a commentary’, Journal of Social Policy, 37, 3, 489–507.

Special journal issues on devolution in the UK

Critical Social Policy (2006), Special Issue on Devolution and Social Policy, 26, 3.

Local Economy (2002), 17, 3.

Publius: The Journal of Federalism (2006), 36, 1.

Regional Studies (2002), 36, 7.

Scottish Affairs (2002), 41.

Government sources

The following sources provide links to the Scotland Act 1998 and associated delegated legislation made under powers granted by that Act which established the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Executive:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/scotact.htm

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/bills/billsPassed/billsum-s1.htm

There is a wealth of information to be found within the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Office and Scottish Government WebPages, including an overview of the Parliaments’ history and subsequent ‘path to devolution’, online bibliographies and committee reports:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/18060/11550

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/history/pathtodevolution/index.htm

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/factsheets/fact-pb.htm

http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/devolution/

The SNP minority government, elected in Scotland in 2007, has set out a key strategic document regarding the future direction of Scotland's social policies:

Scottish Government (2007), The Government Economic Strategy, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/202993/0054092.pdf

The Scottish Government has also published a vision of their poverty strategy:

Scottish Government. (2008) Taking Forward the Government Economic Strategy: A Discussion Paper on Tackling Poverty, Inequality and Deprivation in Scotland, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/02/01150409/18

For Scottish health policy in particular visit:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/19133/MainPolicies

For Scottish crime and justice policy information visit:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Justice

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/subject/criminal.htm

For the Scottish government education policy:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education

Finally, for housing policy information visit:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing

Online sources

One of the most useful sources on devolution has been the very comprehensive ESRC driven programme on devolution and constitutional change. Briefings, factsheets, publications and the final 2006 report can be found at:

http://www.devolution.ac.uk/

The Institute of Governance, co-directed by David McCrone and Charlie Jeffrey, has close links to the Scottish Parliament. They provide online publications and manage Parliament News, a monthly report that summarises key events within the Scottish Parliament:

http://www.institute-of-governance.org/pub.html

The Institute of Governance also publish online articles through Scottish Affairs, which is Scotland's longest running journal on contemporary political and social issues. Articles can be found at:

www.scottishaffairs.org/onlinepub/

The Constitution Unit, founded by Robert Hazell, within UCL, has also been conducting academic research on constitutional change and comparative constitutional studies since 1995. Information and publications can be found at:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/

The Boundary Commission and the Local Boundary Commission for Scotland are funded by the Scottish Office as non-departmental public bodies whose job is to review the Scottish constituencies, regions and Parliament:

http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/

http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/

The Scottish Council Foundation also publishes detailed papers on specific topics, such as financial inclusion, and the devolution of public services in Scotland:

http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/page.php?id=33

Finally, the independent Commission on Scottish Devolution, which the aims to review the provisions set out in the Scotland Act (1998), has already set out some relevant papers with the aim to report fully in 2009:

http://www.commissiononscottishdevolution.org.uk/about/

Health

For Scottish health policy details, up-to-date news and publications visit NHS Scotland (Public Health Institute of Scotland before 2003). The Information Services Division of NHS Scotland (formerly Scottish Health Statistics) provides health information and statistics linking in with the Scottish Public Health Observatory:

http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk

http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/CCC_FirstPage.jsp

http://www.scotpho.org.uk/home/home.asp

Health Scotland provides many research publications, including international comparisons and reviews of health policy:

http://www.healthscotland.com

Relevant book reviews, meeting reports and articles can also be found on the SHINe website:

http://www.shinelib.org.uk/

The BMA have also made relevant reports around the divergence of NHS policy in the UK:

http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/devolution2007

Research Institutions that explore Scottish health policy include the Centre for Rural Health Research and Policy, Health Economics Research Unit, Research Unit in Health, Behavior and Change and the Social and Health Sciences Unit:

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/hihri/

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/heru/

http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/history/ruhbc.php

http://www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/

Poverty

Policy and research units that provide UK and Scottish information on policies concerning poverty include Scottish Poverty Information Group, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The New Policy Institute, Scottish Poverty Information Unit and the Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice:

http://www.povertyinformation.org

http://www.jrf.org.uk/

http://www.npi.org.uk/

http://www.povertyinformation.org/about/

http://www.scrsj.ac.uk/

The Poverty Site and the Poverty Alliance are also useful sources:

http://www.poverty.org.uk/summary/scotland.htm

http://www.povertyalliance.org/

Particular information for significant social groups in Scotland includes Age Concern Scotland, the Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health and One Parent Families Scotland:

http://www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk/

http://www.cpag.org.uk/

http://www.sdcmh.org.uk/

http://www.opfs.org.uk/index.php

Crime and justice

Criminal Justice Scotland is an independence resource offering up-to-date news, articles, reports and publications of criminal justice, as well many useful links to other sources:

http://www.cjscotland.org.uk/

Education

The Educational Institute of Scotland, Scotland's largest teaching union, allows free downloads of the Scottish Educational Journal:

http://www.eis.org.uk/public.asp?id=219

Universities Scotland and Learning and Teaching Scotland also provide information and publications concerning education material and policies:

http://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/

SERA – the Scottish Educational Research Association, is a charity organisation offering links and network information:

http://www.sera.ac.uk/sitepages/policynetwork.htm

Finally, the ESRC Teaching and Learning Programme and Applied Educational Research Scheme provide links to current and published research:

http://www.tlrp.org/

http://www.aers.org.uk/aers/