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Scotland Year Zero - from words to action

Explore the evolution of Scotland's democracy from past struggles to modern achievements, culminating in the drive for a constitutional convention. Learn about the milestones, challenges, and hopes for the future of Scottish governance through electoral reform, gender equality, and building consensus. Discover how the country continues to redefine its identity and navigate the complexities of governance in a changing world.

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Scotland Year Zero - from words to action

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  1. Scotland Year Zero - from words to action Douglas Chalmers Glasgow Caledonian University

  2. Old ideas in a modern context • The Distinctiveness of a national community is worth defending for its own sake • Rulers exist to serve the community - and not the reverse

  3. Modern ideas for a modern world • 1998 Scotland Act • A package of measures • Implications for continuing development and change

  4. Milestones in a long term project • From 1707 to 1967 • Overcoming indifference • Forcing the issue on to the agenda • The Kilbrandon Report • The missing measures of 1974 • Partial steps and inadequate approaches • Democracy and the dead

  5. New Times - new approaches • The Political and social effect of Thatcherism • The Campaign for a Scottish Assembly • Building on a broad tradition • From Claiming our rights to a Claim of Right

  6. The case for a Constitutional Convention • Prominent names for a prominent issue • Identifying the process to set change in motion • Identifying with the past to take Scotland forward

  7. Sovereign rights, actions and deliberations • A democratic not an ethnic issue • Overcoming the democratic deficit • Electoral Reform - from FPTP to AMS • Gender Equality - From 50:50 to 38percent • A parliament fit for humans

  8. Voting not to vote • Learning to trust and working by consensus • Winning support for the scheme on home ground • Getting the commitment and bringing old adversaries back on board

  9. 1997 Elections and referenda • Surprise questions and surprise results • Opening up the debate - consulting the people • From blueprint to standing orders • To retain or to transfer

  10. The balance sheetso far • Positive aspects • Keeping the executive in check • Living with coalitions • Unresolved tensions for the future • Scotland in Westminster • Finance • The nature of ‘Britishness’

  11. Unfinished Business • Extending democracy locally • Taking Civil Society seriously • Dealing with the unelected state • Future Prospects?

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