No. 43, Spring Electronic Democracy. The Ryder Cup. Sustainable Development

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1 No. 43, Spring 2003 Electronic Democracy The Ryder Cup Sustainable Development

2 VCOTTISH AFFAIRS publishes articles of concern to people who are interested in the development of Scotland. This includes articles about similarly placed small nations and regions throughout Europe and beyond. The articles are authoritative and rigorous without being technical and pedantic. No subject area is excluded, but all articles should pay attention to the social and political context of their topics. Thus Scottish Affairs takes up a position between informed journalism and academic analysis, and provides a forum for dialogue between the two. The readers and contributors include journalists, politicians, civil servants, business people, academics, and people in general who take an informed interest in current affairs. Scottish Affairs has grown out Of The Scottish Government Yearbook, which appeared between 1977 and For information about subscribing to Scottish Affairs see the inside back cover. To submit an article to Scottish Affairs, send three copies to: Scottish Affairs, Institute of Governance Chisholm House, High School Yards, Edinburgh EH1 1LZ Tel: Fax: Ladams ed.ac.uk Manuscripts should conform to the style of Scottish Affairs, full details of which are available from the editor. Books for review should be sent to the Book Review Editor at the above address.

3 SCOTTISH AFFAIRS Issue no. 43 Spring 2003

4 Published in paperback at the Institute of Governance Chisholm House High School Yards Edinburgh EH11LZ ISSN the authors, 2003 Successor to The Scottish Government Yearbook Printed by Printing Services The University of Edinburgh

5 Scottish Affairs, no.43, spring 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE DESIGNING VIRTUAL CITIZENS: SOME SCOTTISH EXPERIMENTS WITH ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY Neal Ascherson 1 THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT': MIND THE GAP? Eberhard Bort 43 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A GREEN WALES Phil Williams 51 REVIEW: SCOTLAND'S LANDSCAPE Fiona Watson 60 A QUESTION OF GROWTH Jennifer Erickson 65 REVIEW: TOMORROW'S SCOTLAND Arthur Aughey 78 REVIEW: CIVIC CULTURE AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES Eberhard Bort 82 VIEW FROM THE CYBERFLOOR: MODES OF SOCIAL INCLUSION IN SCOTLAND Chris Holligan 87 i

6 Scottish Affairs, no.43, spring 2003 THE RYDER CUP 2014: GOLF'S HOMECOMING? Stephen Morrow and Graeme Wheatley 108 REVIEW: SCOTTISH HISTORIES Louis Cullen 127 REVIEW: SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT Jim Gilchrist 132 REVIEW: THE STUART KINGDOMS Alexander Murdoch 137 REVIEW: HIGHLAND HERITAGE IN THE USA Richard Blaustein 140 COMMENT ON 'THE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL TARTAN' John Reed 145 REVIEW: THE TRANSFORMATION OF EDINBURGH David McCrone 147 REVIEW: THE EYEMOUTH DISASTER Christopher Harvie 150

7 Barbara Kortc / Klaus Pctcr Müller (cds.) Unity in Diversity Revisited? British Literature and Culture in the 1990s 1998,274 Seiten, DM 96.-/ÖS 701,-/SFr 86,- i ISBN Discussions of British literature and culture in the 1980s tended to emphasize fragmentation and diversity: differences of ethnicity, nationality, region, and gender. This volume of essays by British and German scholars investigates how such and related key terms have evolved in the 1990s,. As British culture is heading towards the 21st century, T.S. Eliot's idea of a culture that is united in spite of its diversity appears to have gained new appeal; however, new concepts of cultural coherence and variety suggest alternatives to both modernist and postmodernist assumptions. The essays address the topic from a variety of approaches and deal with several genres (drama, poetry, novels and television plays), focusing on theoretical concepts or special subject areas, including intertextuality, the role of the imagination, the 'return of alchemy', and the literary construction of ethnic, regional, and gender-specific identities. From the Contents: B. KortelK.P. Müller, Unity in Diversity Revisited: Complex Paradoxes Beyond Post-/Modernism; K. Flint, Looking Backward? The Relevance of Britishness; S. Mergenthal, Englishncss/Englishncsses in Contemporary Fiction; H.W. Drescher, Re-Viewing the Scottish Tradition in (British) Literature; H. Nowak, Black British Literature - Unity or Diversity? M. Stein, The Black British Bildungsroman and the Transformation of Britain: Connectedness across Difference; R. Schaffner, 'Identity is not in the past to be found, but in the future to be constructed': History and Identity in Caryl Phillips's Novels; C. Sternberg, PC TV? Ethnicity in Mainstream Television Drama ( ); B. Reitz, 'Shedding the panty-girdlc': The Women Playwrighs and the Issue of Feminism; H. Frießnitz, Coherence and Dcccntrcmcnt: Towards a Glocal Concept of English Literary Studies; Reckwitz, Intertextuality - Between Continuity and Innovation; T. Döring, Culture and Translation: Re-Reading Matthew Arnold; E. Schenkel, Exploring Unity in Contradiction: The Return of Alchemy in Contemporary British Writing; R. Freiburg, Imagination in Contemporary British Fiction;/ Lucas, Value and Validity in Contemporary Poetry; / Kramer, A Note on 'Third Terms'. Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen Postfach 2567 D Tübingen Fax (07071) Internet: natr-franckc@t-onlitie.de

8 The Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) provides research support to the Parliament's committees and to MSPs in carrying out their parliamentary work. SPICe research specialists undertake most of this work in-house, but also manage a modest budget for commissioning external research that can be used to complement the in-house research services. SPICe researchers are currently scoping research on the Consultative Steering Group (CSG) principles for the Parliament's Procedures Committee and are keen to hear about work in this area that has been done or is under way. If you are involved in any relevant work we would be grateful if you would contact Connie Smith. SPICe also want to hear from researchers who would like to register interest in tendering for research for Parliamentary committees. Researchers should visit the Scottish Parliament website and complete the short form. This will be used to inform decisions about invitations to tender but please note that submission of an expression of interest does not a guarantee an invitation to tender. For further information contact: Connie Smith Senior Research Assessor Scottish Parliament Information Centre Parliament Headquarters George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH991SP connie.smith@scottish.darliament.uk Tel

9 Scottish Journals from Edinburgh University Press Scottish Geographical Journal Volume issues per year The Scottish Geographical Journal is the learned publication of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and is a continuation of the Scottish Geographical Magazine, first published in The Journal is international in outlook and publishes scholarly articles of original research from any branch of geography and on any part of the world, while maintaining a distinctive interest in and concern with issues relating to Scotland Architectural Heritage The Journal of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scot/and Volume Published Annually Each volume of this journal is unique! Recent issues have covered topics such as: preserving Scottish architects' papers; the Gothic Revival in Scotland; and Nationality and Scottish Architecture. The Scottish Archaeological Journal Volume issues a year The Scottish Archaeological Journal is published to further the study of the archaeology of Scodand and northern Britain. The Journal includes fieldwork, discussions of museum collections and synthethic work on any topic relevant to the understanding of Scottish archaeology. It aims to co-ordinate the work of archaeologists with that of historians and scholars in scientific disciplines throughout northern Britain. The Scottish Historical Review Volume issues pet year The premier journal in the field of Scottish Historical Studies, covering all periods of Scottish history from the early to the modern, encouraging a variety of historical approaches. Scottish Economic and Social History Published for the Economic and Social History Society of Scodand Volume issues per year Scottish Economic and Social History is a refereed journal which provides a forum for current research, and welcomes articles of a more general interest on all aspects of Scottish economic and social history from the medieval period to the present. Botanical Journal of Scotland Volume issues per year For over 150 years the Botanical Journal of Scotland has published high quality research on every aspect of botanical studies. The main publication of the Botanical Society of Scotland, it is a continuation of the Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, first published in For more details, see our website at or write to Edinburgh University Press, 22 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LF Tel Fax journals@eup.ed.ac.uk

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11 Études écossaises ISSN Études écossaises is a bilingual journal (French and English) on Scottish studies, which was first published in 1992 by Stendhal University in Grenoble. The ambition ol the journal is to provide an international forum for academic debate on Scottish culture, past and present. In each issue we carry articles from researchers from several countries, as well as a section on current research on Scottish topics in France. Although focusing on literature, the journal also covers aspects of Scottish history and politics, and will be increasingly open to contributions on the other arts. The reception of the journal has been excellent both within and outside Scotland - with articles in Cencrastus. Scottish Affairs, Chapman. The Scottish Book Collector, etc. One Scottish critic has described Études écossaises as < a vigorous member of the new generation of Scottish cultural periodicals > and suggested that it should be in the collection of any library concerned with Scottish studies (Scottish Affairs. n 4, Summer 1993). ÉTUDES ÉCOSSAISES ORDER FORM I wish to subscribe to Éludes écossaises as of 1995 at the annual subscription cost of S20/E15* (including postage). Please send the journal to the following adress : Please send me one copy of Eludes ecossaises N" 1 /N'2/ Special ESSE issue (delete as necessary) at the cost S20/C15' (including postage). The journal should be sent to the following address: ' Cheques should be addressed to : Société d'études écossaises et dix-huitiémistes Address of Éludes écossaises : UFR d'études anglophones. Université Stendhal. BP 25 X, Grenoble cedex 9.