A Modest Proposal: For the Agreement of the People - Couverture souple

Reid, Angus; Davis, Mary

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1910021059 ISBN 13 : 9781910021057

Editeur : Luath Press Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

The history of parliament in the UK has a consistent theme: the refusal to accept any binding contract with the people. This unacceptable status quo goes for Holyrood as much as for Westminster. The time has come for people to challenge the power of the ruling class.

We want to see the Scottish Parliament become an institution that it has so far failed to be: an institution committed to the sovereignty of the people. We want the people of Scotland to lead the rest of the UK by example, and ensure that the actions of a government are bound by shared political and ethical values.

And we propose the first step: a modest proposal, for the agreement of the people.

Are you with us?

ANGUS REID and MARY DAVIS

We need a common ground, and this is a brave attempt to create that in simple and universal language ... DAVE MOXHAM, Deputy General Secretary, STUC

This fascinating project has the seed of revolution in it ... GEORGE GUNN, writer and broadcaster

CONTENTS
Prologue
Call for a Constitution
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 The Words
CHAPTER 2 The Journey
Map
Responses
Schools
CHAPTER 3 The Past
The English Revolution, 1647 to 1649
The Workers Story, 1910 to 1918
For Women, 1914 to the present day
CHAPTER 4 Considering a Constitution
A socialist view
A view from a former Government insider
A view from Iceland
A view from the Red Paper Collective
A view across the Meadows
CHAPTER 5 Epilogue: The White Paper
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Bibliography
Petition

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

ANGUS REID is an independent artist. His films include Brotherly Love, The Ring (Best Central European Documentary Feature 2004) and Primary School Musical! His books include three collections of poetry: The Gift, White Medicine and The Book of Days. He lives and works in Edinburgh. MARY DAVIS is a Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London and is formerly Professor of Labour History at London Metropolitan University. She has written, broadcast and lectured widely on women's history, labour history, imperialism and racism. Her published books include Comrade or Brother? A history of the British Labour Movement 1789-1951 (2009); Marxism & Struggle (1998); Fashioning a New World: a history of the Woodcraft Folk (2000), Sylvia Pankhurst: a life in Radical Politics (1999) and Class & Gender in British Labour History (2011). She was a recipient of the TUC Women's Gold Badge in 2010

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Luath Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1910021059
• ISBN 13: 9781910021057
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible