
- 722 pages
- English
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About this book
Blossom is an account of Scotland at the grassroots through the stories of people I've had the good fortune to know – the most stubborn, talented and resilient people on the planet. They've had to be. Some have transformed their parts of Scotland. Some have tried and failed. But all have something in common – they know what it takes for Scotland to blossom. We should too…
Weeding out vital components of Scottish identity from decades of political and social tangle is no mean task, but it's one journalist Lesley Riddoch has undertaken.
Dispensing with the tired, yo-yoing jousts over fiscal commissions, Devo Something and EU in-or-out, Blossom pinpoints both the buds of growth and the blight that's holding Scotland back. Drawing from its people and history as well as the experience of the Nordic countries, and the author's own passionate and outspoken perspective, this is a plain-speaking but incisive call to restore equality and control to local communities and let Scotland flourish.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Scottish Identity
- Chapter Two: The Scottish Effect – Inequality Kills
- Chapter Three: Our Homes are not our Castles
- Chapter Four: Tenements and the Miracle of Sharing Space
- Chapter Five: Land, Land Everywhere but not an Inch for Sale
- Chapter Six: Scotland’s Natural Assets – Look, But Don’t Touch
- Chapter Seven: Supersized councils – Disempowered Communities
- Chapter Eight: Language – Many Mither Tongues
- Chapter Nine: Women – Harpies or Quines?
- Chapter Ten: Whose Culture is it Anyway?
- Chapter Eleven: Between Indyref and Brexit
- Conclusion: What Scotland Needs to Blossom
- Bibliography
- Back Cover