Governing North Britain: Recent Studies of Scottish Politics
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W.L. Miller Chris Allen Department of Politics University of Edinburgh No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland 191480. London: Edward Arnold, 1981, 182pp The End of British Politics? Scots and English Political Behaviour in the Seventies. Oxford: Clarendon, 1981, 28lpp J. Bochel,D. Denver, The Referendum Experience: Scotland 1979. & A. Macartney (eds.)Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 198!, 210pp II.M. Drucker (ed.)
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