Changin’ Scotland No. 4  March 12-14th 2004 Tom Devine on the Scots and Empire, Bob Crampsey and Ian Black on Scottish football, David Hayman on ‘Spirit Aid’, George Kerevan, Caroline Leckie MSP, Eleanor Scott MSP and Kenny MacAskill MSP on the politics and culture of independence and Gerry Hassan on the Scottish Labour Party. Plus John Daly and Keith Hunter explore cultural, political and personal change. Music from Blazin’ Fiddles and the Ness River Rhythm Kings.

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Happiness, Well-Being and Economic Prosperity David Bell in conversation  with Clive Hamilton Published in Gerry Hassan, Eddie Gibb and Lydia Howland (eds), Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Demos 2005 Stirling September 27th 2004 Dear Clive, I enclose my opening gambit to you. 1. The growth record of the Scottish economy is somewhat below that of the UK as a whole. Nevertheless, during the 1990s and early part of the new century, the UK has experienced higher rates of growth than most of the other G8 countries with the exception of the USA. Scottish GDP per

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Labour’s  Journey from Socialism to Social Democracy: A Case Study of Gordon Brown’s Political Thought Gerry Hassan Chapter in Gerry Hassan (ed.), The Scottish Labour Party: History, Institutions and Ideas, Edinburgh University Press 2004 Gordon Brown has been a significant UK Labour politician for twenty years. For at least thirty years, from his election as MP for Dunfermline East in 1983, he has made a major contribution to Scottish Labour for at least thirty years. This chapter addresses the evolution of Brown’s political thought, and examines his understanding of socialism and social democracy. It also looks at his thinking

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Changin’ Scotland No. 3 November 28-30th 2003 Wendy Alexander MSP, Fiona Hyslop MSP, George Kerevan and John Curtice on how Labour and the SNP don’t understand each other with Alex Bell, Bob Crampsey on ‘The Old Firm’ and sectarianism, Elinor Kelly on race equality alongwith Edinburgh young peoples’ film ‘Old Enough to Know Better’ about the anti-war movement and the Iraq war.

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Changin’ Scotland No. 2  March 21-23rd 2003 Iain Macwhirter, Alf Young and Alex Bell on the Scottish media, Murray Watson on the English in Scotland, Gerry Hassan on Scotland post-devolution, Joyce Macmillan on culture, Andy Wightman on local histories, Alistair MacIntosh and Anne Lorne Gilles on story and myth.

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Changin’ Scotland No. 1  November 21-23rd 2002 Tom Nairn on nationalism and globalisation in conversation with Alex Bell, Gerry Hassan on power in Scotland, Peter Lynch on the history of the SNP, Carol Craig and Janice Kirkpatrick on the Scots and confidence, Janet Paisley on stories and Andy Wightman on land reform. Music from Croft No. 5.

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The Paradoxes of Scottish Labour: Devolution, Change and Conservatism Gerry Hassan Chapter in Gerry Hassan and Chris Warhurst (ed.), Tomorrow's Scotland, Lawrence and Wishart 2002 The Scottish Labour Party has been part of the process of initiating a widespread constitutional reform programme at a UK level since 1997; and after decades of campaigning, the Scottish Parliament has been established. This has changed dramatically the role of Scottish Labour, bringing it into coalition government with the Liberal Democrats; however, it also carries with it the potential to evolve into a more competitive and pluralist politics, which in the future may

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