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What kind of country do you want to live in? What should we demand of our political leaders? What should our priorities be for the next 5 years? The book explores a wide variety of practical radical innovation and policy challenges, attempting to go beyond narrow tribalism and the political here and now to take a longer view.
Impossible to summarise its 40 chapters – headings and authors will need to do!
- Landscapes and futures
- Reasons for progressives to be cheerful or not Joyce McMillan
- A ‘Famous Five’ approach to change Irvine Welsh
- Creating an ideas-rich environment for Scotland Robin McAlpine
- Scotland and Europe: renewing our vision Alyn Smith
- Not politics, but marketing: Scottish elections Ian Dommett
- Can Scotland become a Nordic country? Alistair Davidson
- What can we learn from the EU referendum debate? David Gow
- Towards a Scottish foreign policy Adam Ramsay
- A new politics for Scotland? Maggie Chapman
- Choices facing Labour in Scotland Bill Gilby
- Where next for socialists in Scotland? Connor Beaton
- Out with the new and in with the bold Emily St Denny
- Policies and perspectives
- Key choices facing higher education Doug Chalmers
- A challenging landscape for the Scottish media Paul Holleron
- A new approach to refugees and asylum seekers Khuloud Alsaba
- Is the time right for urban land reform? Lee Bunce, Sara Marsden, Niamh Webster, Hamish Allan
- A right to health Anuj Kapilashrami, Sara Marsden, Tony Robertson
- Where next for gender justice? Lesley Orr
- Enabling the participation of disabled people in politics Jamie Szymkowiak
- Fear, loathing and gentrifying paradise Neil Cooper
- Childcare reform and the case for a major cultural shift Vonny Moyes
- How might Scotland handle its taxation powers? Wendy Bradley
- Building on LGBTIQ and equality gains Kirsty McAlpine
- Humanism, Scotland and an unpredictable future Tim Maguire
- Imagine and act for a more just Scotland Richard Frazer
- Religion and belief in Scotland Matthew Ross
- Women’s equality in Scotland’s parliament Talat Yaqoob
- Co-operatives are vital for economic & social democracy Mary Lockhart
- Sustainability and flourishing Jan Bebbington
- An economy focused on wellbeing Katherine Trebeck
- Beyond “a greener Scotland” Iain Black, Katherine Trebeck, Deirdre Shaw
- Rethinking criminal justice in Scotland Mark Smith, Trish McCulloch
- Nation and imagination
- 3 dreams of modern Scottish nationalism Gerry Hassan
- Scotland in post-colonial perspective Michael Marten
- No settled will: what next? Stuart Fairweather
- Grassroots political campaigning Jane Denholm, Tam McTurk
- The threat of a good example Bernadette Meaden
- Global action beyond nation and identity Milja Radivic
- The class factor in the independence question James Maxwell
- (Re)imagining Scotland’s future Doug Gay
- New leaves – a poem Alison Phipps
- The practicalities of “getting radical” Simon Barrow
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