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The article explores some dilemmas of current Western liberal democratic politics. It proposes that a necessary tension be held between practical politics & radical critique. It reviews the Christian prophetic tradition as a contribution toward doing that & argues for "eschatological performance" as an appropriate way of rereading this tradition in a contemporary pluralistic context. The article suggests that, to be useful politically, "prophetic imagination" must retain its theological identity & questioning. It critiques the realist/nonrealist philosophical framework for doing this, & suggests how responsibly prophetic political theology can be both fluid & critically realist in its outlook. Adapted from the source document.

Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The SNP, Modern Scotland and Power in Transition -- Section One: The Political and Economic Landscape -- The Party and the Electorate -- The Scottish Government Under the SNP -- Why is the SNP So Pleased with the Scottish Parliament? -- The SNP, the Politics of Discipline and Westminster -- The SNP and Local Government -- The SNP's Economic Strategy: Economic Performance in a Changing Fiscal Context -- The Scottish Economy, the SNP and the Absence of Economic Nationalism -- The Scottish Economy: Breaking with Business as Usual? -- Section Two: A Social Justice Scotland for All? -- A Fairer and More Socially Just Scotland? -- Scotland's School Education -- The Early Years Agenda -- Higher Education: The Story So Far -- A Public Health Politics That is a People's Health -- Baby Boxes: A Case Study of One Policy Idea -- Scotland the Just? The SNP, Crime and Justice -- An Era of Compassionate Justice? Assessing a Decade of SNP Governance -- Law and Order: Politically Astute and/or Smart on Crime? -- Section Three: 'We are the People'? Publics, Democracy and Citizenship -- A Decade in the Life of Scotland's Public Services -- Where Does Policy Come From in Scotland? -- 'We, the People Who Live Here': Citizenship and the SNP -- Constitutional Monarchy: Kingship or Republic for 21st Century Scotland? -- Gender, Power and Women: Movement and Government Politics -- LGBTI Scotland: A Story of Progress -- Power to Which People: The Few or the Many? -- How Deep is Our Democracy? -- Taking the Temperature: Scotland's Environment after Black Gold -- Section Four: The Politics of Place and Belonging -- Scotland's Public Sphere: From Unspace to Diverse Assembly? -- Means and Ends: Progressive Nationalism and Neopolitical Practices