Cover -- Table of Contents -- The Articles in this Book: Topics, Perspectives, Disciplines (Klaus Peter Müller) -- Scotland 2014 and Beyond - Key Contexts of Innocence and Maturity: Scotland, the UK, the EU, the Global & Digital Worlds (Klaus Peter Müller Mainz) -- 1. Scotland -- 2. Scotland and Britain / England -- 3. Scotland and Europe -- 4. Scotland and the Global & Digital Worlds -- Do We Have Enough Smeddum for Improving Humanity? -- References -- I. History and Politics -- Scotland as Part of the UK: International Law and Medieval History (Dauvit Broun Glasgow) -- References -- The 'Scotch Accent of Mind': Historicising the Referendum (Catriona Macdonald Glasgow) -- Conclusion -- References -- The British People: Description or Denial? (Murray Pittock Glasgow) -- References -- II. The Media -- 'Project Fear' in a Longitudinal Context (Neil Blain Stirling) -- Introduction -- The State of Britishness -- Scottishness as a Pathological Condition -- Representing Independence -- Language and Independence: a Conundrum -- References -- The Media and the Referendum: Uncharted Waters, Perilous Seas? (David Hutchison Glasgow) -- Introduction -- 1. The Context -- 2. The Referendum Debate: International Contexts -- 3. The Media in Scotland -- 4. The Referendum Debate Between Partisanship and Diversity -- 5. Case Study -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Existential and Utilitarian Nationalism in Scotland (Peter Jones Edinburgh) -- References -- Scotland, Global Gateway Nation: Cinematic Imaginings of Contemporary Scotland (David Martin-Jones Glasgow) -- Class: Nation / Nation State, or Nicaragua and Neoliberalism? -- Multicultural Scotlands -- Sunshine on Leith: Multiple Gateways to the World, Including the Union -- Transatlantic Scotland: the Diasporic Gateway -- References.

Modern Narratives: Scottish Self-Perceptions at the Time of Devolution (Miriam Schröder Mainz/Germersheim) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modern Narratives -- 3. Scottish Self-Perceptions and Narratives -- 3.1 Scotland's Relationship with England -- 3.2 The Scottish Enlightenment -- Conclusion -- References -- III. The Law and the Constitution -- The Emergent Scottish Constitutional Tradition: Scottish, Nordic and Global Influences (William Elliot Bulmer The Hague) -- Introduction -- 1. The Emergence of a Scottish Constitutional Tradition -- 2. SNP Constitutional Policy -- 3. The Scottish Dimension -- IV. Nordic Dimension -- V. The Global Dimension -- VI. Analysis and Conclusion -- References -- The Independence Referendum, the Contested Constitution, and the Authorship of Constitutional Change (Aileen McHarg Strathclyde) -- Introduction -- The Referendum Process -- The Contested Constitution -- Referendums in the British Constitution -- Britain's Territorial Constitution -- A Unitary State -- A Union State -- A Quasi-Federal State -- The Independence Referendum and the Territorial Constitution -- After the Referendum -- References -- IV. Scotland, Scottish Society, and Independence in Literature and Literary Studies -- "What Scotland had, and now has not": James Hogg's The Brownie of Bodsbeck - Regional and National Identities in the Nineteenth Century (Valentina Bold Glasgow) -- References -- Double Vision (Ian Campbell) -- References -- The Failure of Historicism in Scottish Literary Studies: A Case Study Involving the Burns Movement and the Chair of Scottish History and Literature at the University of Glasgow (Gerard Carruthers Glasgow) -- References -- The Discovery of Scotland: Walter Scott and World Literature in the Age of Union (Ian Duncan Berkeley) -- 1. -- 2. -- 3. -- 4. -- References.

Listening to the Writers Talk: Coming of Age in Scotland 1922-2012 (Margery Palmer McCulloch Glasgow) -- References -- Postcolonial Perspectives on the Scottish Independence Debate (Kirsten Sandrock Göttingen) -- 1. Scottish Studies and Postcolonial Criticism -- 2. Postcolonialism and the Scottish Independence Debate -- 3. Postcolonial Discourses and the Media -- References -- V. Participatory, Ethnic, and Sociological Views on Scotland: Engaged in the Creation of a New Scotland? -- Beyond the Referendum: A New Deal for Local Democracy in Scotland? (Eberhard Bort Edinburgh) -- Introduction -- Centralisation -- Out of Step -- Arrested Devolution -- Party Perspectives -- Agenda for Change -- Beyond the Referendum -- References -- Reflections on Nation and Narration from the Perspective of a 'New Scot' in Scotland (Bashabi Fraser Edinburgh) -- References -- Why I am Voting Yes... (Deirdre Forsyth Glasgow) -- Family -- Culture -- Issues -- Trident -- Immigration -- The European Union -- Local Government and Services -- Renewables -- Oil -- Whisky -- Education -- Rural Scotland and Land Ownership -- Conclusion -- Scotland - New Directions in Welfare? Gill Scott Glasgow & Gerry Mooney Edinburgh) -- Social Policy and Social Justice at the Heart of Scottish Politics -- Nationalism and Welfare - It's Not Just Scotland -- Culture and Inequality - Policy Matters -- Growing Policy Divide Between Scotland and England - But Is It a Chosen Path in Scotland? -- A Real Need For Change? -- New Ways of Thinking about Welfare in Scotland -- Conclusion -- References -- Devolution Max, Asymmetrical Federalism and the English Question - Scotland as Catalyst for Constitutional Change in Britain (Roland Sturm Erlangen) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Constitutional Change in British Politics: Open Questions -- 3. Devolution Max -- 4. Asymmetrical Federalism.

5. The English Question -- 6. Independent Scotland: The Future? -- References -- Contributors -- Index.