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The aim of the book is to explore the long-standing and multi-faceted relationship between Scotland and the societies and cultures of the European continent, in various epochs and from a large diversity of view points and problematics. The book collects most of the contributions from the IVth annual conference of the Société Française d'Etudes Ecossaises, held in Toulon in October 2005. This international conference gathered fifty European academics, working in a wide range of research field...

1. Unionism and nationalism : the historical context of contemporary Scottish politics / Ewen Cameron -- 2. How Scotland votes : elections and electoral behaviour in Scotland / Craig McAngus -- 3. The quality of Scottish democracy / Thomas Lundberg -- 4. Political parties in Scotland / Duncan McTavish -- 5. Corks on a beach? : finding a hard budget constraint for Scottish government / Paul Hallwood and Ronald MacDonald -- 6. Scottish local government : past, present and futures / Colin Mair -- 7. Civil service and the machinery of government / Richard Parry -- 8. Social policy in a devolved Scotland : different, fairer? / Kirstein Rummery -- 9. Gender and equality in Scotland : mind the gap / Gillian Fyfe and Karen Jonhston -- 10. Scotland and the world / Michael Keating -- 11. A small country in a bigger country or a small country in a big world? / Richard Kerley -- 12. The future of Scottish government and public policy : a distinctive Scottish style / Paul Cairney -- 13. Scotland and British constitutional reform / Matt Qvortrup -- 14. The media and politics in Scotland / David Hutchison.

Sociolinguistics in Scotland presents a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic research in Scotland and showcases developments in sociolinguistic theory, method and application, highlighting Scotland's position as a valuable 'sociolinguistic laboratory'. This book is a key resource for those interested in language use in Scotland