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Scottish National Party (SNP) Leaders
About this book
By any measure, the story of the Scottish National Party is an extraordinary one.Forced to endure decades of electoral irrelevance since its creation in the 1930s, during which it often found itself grappling with internal debate on strategy, and rebellion from within its own ranks, the SNP virtually swept the board in the 2015 general election, winning all but three of Scotland's fifty-nine seats in Westminster. What's more, under the current leadership of Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP has never been a more important force in the landscape of British politics.The leaders who have stood at its helm during this tumultuous eighty-year history - from Sir Alexander MacEwen to Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond - have steered the SNP vessel with varying degrees of success, but there is no doubt that all have contributed to the shape, purpose and ultimate goal of the party of government we see today.The latest addition to the acclaimed British Political Leaders series, Scottish National Party Leaders examines each of these senior figures for the first time, and is essential reading for anyone curious about how this former fringe party evolved into a political phenomenon, changing not only the face of Scottish politics, but British politics as well.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Author biographies
- Chapter 1: Leadership of the SNP β James Mitchell and Gerry Hassan
- Chapter 2: Leadership in perspective β Mike Russell
- Chapter 3: John MacCormick β Malcolm Petrie
- Chapter 4: Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham β Cliff Williamson
- Chapter 5: Sir Alexander MacEwen β Professor Ewen Cameron
- Chapter 6: Andrew Dewar Gibb β Catriona M. M. Macdonald
- Chapter 7: William Power β Margery Palmer McCulloch
- Chapter 8: Douglas Young β Gordon Pentland
- Chapter 9: Bruce Watson β Roderick Watson
- Chapter 10: Robert McIntyre β Richard Finlay
- Chapter 11: James Halliday β Paula Somerville
- Chapter 12: Arthur Donaldson β Ewen Angus Cameron
- Chapter 13: William Wolfe β Christopher Harvie
- Chapter 14: Gordon Wilson β Peter Lynch
- Chapter 15: Alex Salmond (Act I) β Murray Ritchie
- Chapter 16: John Swinney β Douglas Fraser
- Chapter 17: Alex Salmond (Act II) β James Mitchell
- Chapter 18: Nicola Sturgeon β Mandy Rhodes
- Chapter 19: Winnie Ewing β Robbie Dinwoodie
- Chapter 20: Margo MacDonald β Isobel Lindsay
- Chapter 21: Jim Sillars β Gerry Hassan
- Chapter 22: Donald Stewart β Eilidh MacPhail
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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