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Stephen, Jeffrey. "Scottish Presbyterians and Anglo-Scottish union 1707". Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2004. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU185068.
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The thesis is an examination into the attitudes and reaction of Scottish Presbyterians to Anglo-Scottish union in 1706-7. Primarily to the work focuses upon the Church of Scotland but it also looks at Presbyterian groups like the Cameronians and Hebronites as well as briefly looking at Episcopalian and Catholic attitudes to union. Anglo-Scottish union is set in its historical context. The thesis examines the political and religious background to union within Scotland and at Anglo-Scottish relations in particular the legislative war that led to the treaty negotiations of 1706. The failed attempts during the 17th century and in 1702-3 are looked at from a largely Presbyterian perspective. Focusing upon the critical period between April 1706 and January 1707 the thesis discuses Presbyterian reaction to the treaty the reasons for their hostility and how it was expressed. It examines the role of the church in organising addresses, its attitudes to popular unrest as well as discussing the proposed Cameronian-Jacobite alliance and attempted armed rising. It examines Presbyterian alternatives such as federative relationship or settling the succession with limitations with particular emphasis on a Presbyterian scheme for a covenanted Scottish Republic. The work challenges the view that the Act of Security for the church was a masterstroke by Queensberry by which the church was brought off and silenced and demonstrates that it was in fact a government u-turn, forced upon it by the church, in an attempt to rectify the political blunder of leaving church security out of the original treaty. It also demonstrates that far from being silenced the commission continued to work in the church's interests right up until the treaty was ratified. The work demonstrates that the church was not universally opposed to the union. Union had its supporters and the bulk of the ministry while hostile to the original treaty accepted union with church securities. The thesis also examines some of the reasons why Presbyterians acquiesced in the union such as the role of providence, attitudes to government, security and fears of a popish successor.
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Olson, Ted. "Scottish Culture: Scottish and Scots-Irish Music". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1199.
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Wells, Daniel J. "The Scottish literati and the problem of Scottish national identity". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq28686.pdf.
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Cowmeadow, Nicola Margaret. "Scottish noblewomen, the family and Scottish politics from 1688-1707". Thesis, University of Dundee, 2012. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/96af1289-2030-417d-8d81-1c6036a67fc9.
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The Scottish perspective of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 has received limited scholarly attention. The opposite is true of the Union of 1707 and this defining moment, which resulted in the loss of Scottish independence, continues to stimulate debate. The lives of Scottish noblewomen in the years from Revolution to Union have generally been disregarded. This thesis will demonstrate that acknowledging and exploring the experiences of noblewomen augments understanding of this momentous era. Investigating the lives of Scottish noblewomen using their letters to explore how they lived through the Revolution, the ‘ill years’ of King William’s reign, the Darien venture, European war and ultimately the negotiation of Union provides fresh perspectives on the social, economic and political life of Scotland. Recovering the experience of noblewomen engages with a wider process in Scottish history which has transformed understanding in some areas of historical study but has by no means permeated all. Redefining female political activity has illuminated the influence of elite English women in the later eighteenth century. Scottish noblewomen require similar extensive study. The research presented here supports the argument that political analysis alone cannot provide the fullest assessment of this period. Women are revealed as a vital element within social aspects of political manoeuvring and both created and maintained family networks. This research challenges the constricting framework of the public and private dichotomy. It aims to reveal and redefine the responsibilities of noblewomen within an expanded sphere of activity and suggests a much more inclusive role for women than has previously been considered. The formation of a British parliament in 1707 reduced the number of Scots parliamentarians and changed the role of the governing elite in Scotland but did not diminish Scottish women’s influence and participation. This thesis argues that Scottish noblewomen operated with autonomy within patriarchal parameters to support menfolk, exert authority and in some cases wield influence. Demonstrating their roles, abilities and a new form of social politics at work in Scotland is a vital part of understanding the post Union period and the development of British politics.
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Hale, Alex G. C. "Scottish marine crannogs /". Oxford : Archaeopress, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39227521d.
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Sorel, Theresa. "Scottish cultural nationalism, 1760-1832, the highlandization of Scottish national identity". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24507.pdf.
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New, Patrick. "Macbeth in context : putting the Scottish back into 'the Scottish play'". Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42197.
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Macbeth in Context: Putting the Scottish back into 'the Scottish Play' is an examination of the historical context in which the play Macbeth was written, the process of conceptualizing a production for the Frederic Wood Theatre, and the journey of getting it to the stage.
Macbeth is a Scottish play, written for a Scottish King, and containing Scottish characters and culture. It is my intention to illuminate why the play was written, and detail my conceptualization for presenting a truly Scottish production of Macbeth.
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NAGAO, Shinichi. "Scottish Newtonianism in Moral Sciences; Ferguson, Reid, Smith, and Scottish Natural Scientists". 名古屋大学大学院経済学研究科, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/14603.
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Wales, Jonathan Mason. "Scottish unionist ideology, 1886-1965". Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16445.
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This dissertation examines Scottish unionist political thought and intellectual history in the period from 1885-1886 to 1965. It provides an analytical examination of unionist positions examining such areas as political history, ecclesiology, sectarianism, historiography and unionist-nationalist sentiment. It contextualises unionist thought within Scotland's history and offers findings based on both archival and primary sources research along with a thorough background of historiography. It both contextualises and examines the complexities of Scottish unionism during this vital period between the Liberal Party's split over Irish Home Rule until the reorganisation of the Scottish Unionist Party in 1965. It illuminates the spectrum of unionist discourse during this period and demonstrates the complexities of Scotland's constitutional and cultural relationship with the rest of the United Kingdom.
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Sweet, Williams. "Lydgate and Scottish Lydgateans". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522802.
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Upton, Christopher A. "Studies in Scottish Latin". Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2734.
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This thesis examines certain aspects of Scottish Latin, particularly in the period 1580-1637. The first chapter chronicles the endeavours of John Scot of Scotstarvet to compile an anthology of Scottish Latin poetry, based on the unpublished letters to Scot in the NLS. Both the letters and contemporary verse indicate that the project was under way twenty years before the Delitiae was printed and that John Leech was an important influence. Leech's letters to Scot highlight Scot's editorial reticence, confirmed by the alterations in Scotstarvet's own verse. The final product was more a reflection of the taste and ethos of the early 1620s, after which Scot apparently ceased to collect material. The second chapter documents the attempts to impose a national grammar upon the schools, akin to the Lily-Colet grammar in England. Attempts to provide a radical alternative to Despauter, firstly by a committee and later by Alexander Hume, were inhibited by the inherent conservatism of teaching establishments. The most successful of the new grammars, those by Wedderburn and the Dunbar Rudiments, remained as general introductions to Despauter. Evidence for the composition of Latin verse in schools and universities, both statutory and manuscript, is assessed in the third chapter. Active involvement in the practice by local authorities influenced the range and extent of verse being written after 1600. The poetry of David Wedderburn of Aberdeen, promoted by the town council, reflects that influence. The importance of teaching methods upon a poet's future development is most clearly seen in the verse of David Hume, discussed in the fourth chapter. Hume continually re-works and re-evaluates the themes of his adolescent verse, measuring them against the achievements of James VI, whose birth he had earlier celebrated. The thesis concludes with a check-list of Scots whose Latin verse was printed before 1640.
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Robinson, Rebecca Grace. "Scottish television comedy audiences". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2002. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1177/.
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This study explores how Scottish people feel about representations of Scottishness in contemporary television comedy. The thesis is in two related parts, articulating an exploration of genre, comedy and Scottish television texts with the theory, methodology and analysis of empirical audience research. The thesis begins by exploring how current television comedy is poorly served by critical literature beyond notions of genre although this field of study too fails to indicate significant contemporary permeabilities between comedy sub-genres, and between comedy and other kinds of leisure shows. The second chapter explores historical approaches to Scottish cultural criticism and literary myths (Tartanry, Kailyardism, Caledonian anti-syzygy, Clydesidism) and sets these against contemporary mythologising by individual Scottish comedy practitioners. The second half of the thesis marks a shift from textual studies toward audience research, and in particular develops a discussion about the problematics of researching comedy and audiences qualitatively. The first part of the second half is a literature survey of selected examples of audience research which is translated from theory and epistemology, to methodology and technique in the next section which comprises a discussion of the model for the empirical data collection. The next section presents data from a quantitative survey and qualitative focus-group discussions. The last part of the second section interprets the data through triangulation although this is limited by lack of comparable critical materials. The whole attempts to explore concepts of national identity in Scottish television comedy with audiences, but also develops the additional problematic of empirical quantitative research and comedy themes.
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Jordan, Elizabeth Stewart. "Travellers and Scottish schools". Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.701382.
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Lewis, Colin A. "A Scottish bellfounder (letter)". The Ringing World, 2000. http://www.ringingworld.co.uk.
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Colin Lewis was Professor of Geography at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa from 1989 until his retirement at the end of 2007. In 1990, with the strong support of the incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Dr Derek Henderson, he instigated the Certificate in Change Ringing (Church Bell Ringing) in the Rhodes University Department of Music and Musicology - the first such course to be offered in Africa. Since that date he has lectured in the basic theory, and taught the practice of change ringing. He is the Ringing Master of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Mitchell, Christopher Wayne. "Jonathan Edwards's Scottish connection and the eighteenth-century Scottish evangelical revival, 1735-1750". Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3716.
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In the second half of the twentieth century, the life and work of Jonathan Edwards, the eighteenth-century New England minister of Northampton, Massachusetts, has received increased scholarly attention. Questions of the nature and extent of his influence have informed much of this revival of interest. For two centuries theologians, philosophers and historians have claimed that Jonathan Edwards significantly influenced eighteenth-century Scottish religious thought, and yet little scholarly attention has been invested in this area of Edwards's studies. The central focus of this thesis has been to shed additional light on this neglected but celebrated side of Edwards's life and ministry. This study is an investigation of the formative period of Edwards's Scottish connection. It began with the publication of his A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in Scotland in 1737 and his subsequent connection with the Scottish revival of 1742. The relationship was then further developed through the publication of five other major works of Edwards in Scotland during the years 1742 to 1749, and his correspondence with a coterie of evangelical ministers from the Church of Scotland. At the heart of this connection was the pursuit of true religion that undergird the ministries of Edwards and his Scottish counterparts. More specifically, the influence Edwards exercised on Scottish evangelicalism during this formative period was the result, first, of his articulation of a Reformed, evangelical and enlightened conception of true piety which he used to promote and defend the revivals and, second, the cooperation and support he received from the Scottish ministers he corresponded with. What this study shows is that the cooperative relationship between Edwards and his Scottish counterparts helped usher in a new era of Scottish Calvinism. With their combined abilities, creative vision and enterprising spirit they forged a new evangelical paradigm for Scottish Calvinism. The revival was the catalyst for this new movement and Edwards was its theological architect. Scottish revivalists used Edwards's Faithful Narrative to inspire and promote the revival and his Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God to defend and manage it. Edwards's conception of true piety together with the revival helped redefine Scottish evangelical Calvinism by adapting it from its old didactic role within a godly commonwealth to a mission oriented role where the faith of the individual became prominent and the pursuit of sanctification, not salvation, defined the Christian's life. These emphases were further developed among Scottish evangelicals following the revival by the continuing efforts of Edwards and his Scottish friends. Prominent among these efforts were three additional works of Edwards and the international enterprise known as the United Concert for Prayer that was organized and orchestrated by Scottish evangelicals. One of the most far-reaching results was the growth of Scottish overseas missions. Finally, this study indicates that Edwards's revival writings provide an important starting point for understanding the theological and spiritual preoccupations of Scottish evangelicalism in the second half of the eighteenth century; and that Edwards's contribution to Scottish evangelicalism and modern evangelicalism generally cannot be properly understood without an understanding of his relationship to his Scottish correspondents.
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Gordon, Grier Robertson. "Scottish scenes and Scottish story : the later career of David Allan, historical painter". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1990. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2505/.
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David Allan's artistic career may be divided into two major periods. Having first attended the Foulis Academy, he spent at least a decade in Italy, finally returning to Scotland in 1779, his home for the next seventeen years. The pictures which he executed during this second period form the basis of the present study. Since the emphasis of this study is thematic rather than biographical, some distortion of chronology is inevitable, though it is not uncomfortably obvious. At the same time, some element of biography is indispensable. This is particuarly true of the first chapter, a necessary setting of the scene which highlights Allan's training in the arts, his collection of prints, copies, original drawings and plaster casts, and the most important works from his years abroad. That part of this biographical account which deals with his Scottish career is devoted largely to Allan's work as Master of the Trustees' Academy, since the pictures with which he was occupied at this time - portraits, Conversation pieces, literary illustrations, Historical paintings and Genre scenes - are taken in groups and discussed in greater depth in the chapters which follow. Before the first chapter concerned with Allan's work in any of these genres, however, there stands a chapter dealing with the wider context of narrative painting in Britain at the time and introducing a number of themes traced throughout later chapters, where they are more fully and particularly discussed.
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Russel, Rosalind. "Women of the Scottish Enlightenment : their importance in the history of Scottish education". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314730.
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Halliday, Emma Catherine. "Themes in Scottish asylum culture : the hospitalisation of the Scottish asylum 1880-1914". Thesis, University of Stirling, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3265.
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Having embarked on a vast journey of asylum construction from the 1860s, Scottish mental health care faced uncertainty as to the appropriate role of the asylum by the 1880s. Whereas the mid century was dominated by official efforts to lessen the asylum's custodial image, late Victorian asylum culture encompassed both traditional and new themes in the treatment and care of patients. These themes included hospitalisation, traditional moral approaches, and wider social influences such as the poor law, philanthropy, endemic disease and Victorian ethics. In an age of medical advance, Scottish asylum doctors and administrators introduced hospitalisation in a bid to enhance the status of asylum culture. The hospitalisation of the asylum was attempted through architectural change, transitions in mental nursing and the pursuit of laboratory research. Yet as a movement, hospitalisation was largely ornamental. Although hospitalisation paved the way for impressive new buildings, there was little additional funding to improve asylum infrastructure by raising nursing standards or to conduct laboratory research work. While the Commissioners in Lunacy proclaimed `hospitalisation' to be a distinctive part of the Scottish approach of mental health care, the policy's origins lay not with the policy makers but with individual medical superintendents. Although hospitalisation became an official approach by the General Board of Lunacy, like any other theme in asylum culture, the extent of hospitalisation's implementation relied on the support of individual doctors and local circumstance. Despite this attempt to emulate modern medicine, moral management rather than hospitalisation methods continued as the fundamental approach of treatment and control in most institutions. The main components of moral management were work and a system of rewards (implemented through liberties and accommodation privileges). The process of mental recovery continued to be linked to industriousness and behaviour. The thesis acknowledges the impact of local forces and wider society upon attitudes towards mental health care, such as the economically driven district lunacy boards and to a lessening extent the parochial boards and philanthropy. In viewing the asylum within the wider context of Scottish society, the asylum shared some characteristics with other Victorian institutions. Finally, although the patient's autonomy within the system should not be overplayed, the asylum doctor was also affected by the patients' co-operation with treatment and the involvement of family and friends in admission.
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Angeletti, Gioia. "Scottish eccentrics : the tradition of otherness in Scottish poetry from Hogg to MacDiarmid". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1997. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2552/.
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This study attempts to modify the received opinion that Scottish poetry of the nineteenth-century failed to build on the achievements of the century (and centuries) before. Rather it suggests that a number of significant poets emerged in the period who represent an ongoing clearly Scottish tradition, characterised by protean identities and eccentricity, which leads on to MacDiarmid and the 'Scottish Renaissance' of the twentieth century. The work of the poets in question is thus seen as marked by recurring linguistic, stylistic and thematic eccentricities which are often radical and subversive. The poets themselves, it is suggested, share a condition of estrangement from the official culture of their time either within Scotland (Hogg, Geddes, MacDiarmid) or in their English exile (Smith, Davidson and Thomson). They can be hardly associated with established tradition, but rather they belong to what I define as tradition of 'otherness' - other from mainstream literary and cultural society, and characterised by eccentric forms and themes. The Introduction examines the notions of 'eccentricity' and 'otherness' in relation to the selected poets. Chapter 1, after outlining existing critical theories on nineteenth-century Scottish literature, reinforces the thesis that the dominant voices in Scottish poetry are radical and eccentric by looking retrospectively at some of the eighteenth-century 'eccentrics'. Chapter 2 focuses on the work of Hogg and Byron, the former as the original nineteenth-century eccentric, evincing strong links with later poets, and the latter because of the striking affinities between his work and personality and those of contemporary and later Scottish poets. Chapter 3 focuses on Alexander Smith and attempts to rescue his most interesting poetry from the simplistic categorising of his work as 'Spasmodic'. Chapter 4 on James Thomson ('B.V.') explores the innovative and pre-modernist aura of his opera omnia. Chapter 5 concentrates on John Davidson, particularly on his diverse styles and unorthodox ideas, which also look forward to MacDiarmid.
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MacRae, Lucy Alison. "Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border and the dynamics of cultural memory". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/11772.
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As editor of the ballad collection Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802-3), Walter Scott sought to salvage and preserve the cultural memory of the Border region, rescuing “popular superstitions, and legendary history, which, if not now collected, must soon have been totally forgotten” (MSB 1802; 1: cix). Scott’s endeavour was inspired by the movement towards cultural nationalism, which in Scotland, as in a wider European context, saw interest in traditional material reinvigorated by a widespread zeal to recover, polish and publish ‘relics’ of localised, oral culture perceived to be threatened by the rapid march of modernity. This thesis is a study on the theme of memory in the Minstrelsy. Under examination are the personal and cultural memories from which Scott synthesised his seminal ballad collection, as well as the internal memorial dynamics of the Minstrelsy itself. The social, material and mental dimensions of Posner’s semiotic model of culture (Posner 1991), may also be seen to constitute the three main components of the term ‘cultural memory’, a metaphor for the memorial symbols and practices through which social groups define and maintain their cultural identity. A recent definition of the term interprets cultural memory as “the sum of all processes […] which are involved in the interplay of past and present within sociocultural contexts” (Erll 2011: 101). The Minstrelsy is a composite text in which ballad versions gathered from a range of oral and written sources are framed by Scott’s editorial commentary. This convergence of media means that the collection itself may be understood as a memorial, or ‘site of memory’ which symbolises a particular version of the past (Nora 1989). Through the editorial commentary, Scott was able to negotiate the transmission of cultural knowledge concerning the past of the Borders as well as the wider Scottish nation. The aims of this research are twofold. The first is to achieve a deeper understanding of the cultural contexts surrounding the creation of the Minstrelsy. The second is to contribute to the swiftly developing area of cultural memory studies through a focus on the editorial interpretation of oral tradition in the case of this canonical ballad collection. To this end, memoirs, correspondence and ballad manuscripts are drawn upon to investigate the layered memory culture of traditional songs, narratives, images and places through which Scott sifted during the compilation of the collection. The thesis is structured to represent a gradual widening in scope from the personal to the collective, throughout which it is argued that Scott’s editing of the Minstrelsy may be aligned with a mediated memorial practice that actively shapes the identity of the culture which he as editor sought to preserve.
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Bassett, Nathaniel. "Union or Empire: Scottish Colonialism and the Crisis of Anglo-Scottish Relations, 1694-1707". University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1436801336.
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Bicket, Douglas. "Media constructions of Scottish national identity though the prism of the new Scottish parliament /". Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6199.
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Watson, Jennifer Claire. "Scottish overseas trade, 1597-1645". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536650.
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McPherson, Alexander Hugh. "Scottish international skilled labour mobility". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1994. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5506/.
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The topic of international skilled labour mobility has received growing attention within the field of population geography and other disciplines. This interest reflects the large growth of international skilled labour mobility, especially during the 1980s. Attention of prior research has focused on the migratory movement of managers and professionals as they radiate across the globe, recording and representing the dispersal of international investment and the overseas expansion of producers of goods and services. The research examines Scotland's participation in the international exchange of skilled labour. The research undertaken addresses the varying theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches of prior research on international skilled labour mobility in geography, as well as in other disciplines, such as management studies and occupational psychology. In doing so, the interplay between work and non-work spheres in shaping Scottish international skilled labour mobility is highlighted, as is the differing temporal and spatial focus of existing studies. The author's research thus investigates both the economic and social contexts of Scottish international skilled labour mobility, these contexts being characterised at macro, meso and micro level. In addition, the research adopts a broader definition of skilled labour movements than prior research, and so the study discusses the place of short term business travel as well as longer term migratory movements and the relationship between them. In illustrating the economic context of Scottish international skilled labour mobility, the research outlines macro level changes in the Scottish economy and the role of foreign direct investment as a source and channel of Scottish skill exchange. In turn, the specific institutional characteristics of activities generating these labour flows are examined and related to the occupational status of mobile persons.
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Clarke, T. N. "The Scottish Episcopalians 1688-1720". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.235318.
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Hall, Matthew Philip. "Political traditions and Scottish devolution". Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2009. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/429/.
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This thesis seeks to develop a conception of the political traditions operating in the UK and then apply it to the development of Scottish Devolution. I argue that the concept of tradition has been under-valued and theorized in social science and that the notion of political traditions has heuristic value when applied to British politics. Discussion of a distinctive British Political Tradition has been kept to the margins in explanations of the British political system with only a few authors seeking to explore the ideational underpinnings of the institutions and process of British government and the Westminster Model. The recent work of Bevir and Rhodes has raised the profile of political traditions, however I contend that their conceptualization is flawed and thus, heuristically limited. I argue that we can identify a dominant political tradition, the British Political Tradition, which has decisively influenced the nature and conduct of British political life over time. This tradition expresses and facilitates the ideas and interests of dominant socio-economic groups in UK society. However it has not gone uncontested. We can also identify the existence of competing political traditions which challenge aspects or the entirety of, the British Political Tradition. Although competing political traditions resonate asymmetrically, it is through the process of conflict and contestation that changes in the British political system can be explained. From this I then narrate the history of Scottish Devolution to date and offer comment on how this interactive and iterative process continues to inform outcomes since 1999. Overall I argue that the dominant political tradition continues to have a major impact on the British political system.
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Scott, Catriona Mairi. "The Scottish Highland dancing tradition". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543850.
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The primary objective of this thesis is to inyestigate the development of and changes within the practice of Scottish competitive solo Highland dancing. Although this activity has been inherited through strong oral and military traditions, and is currently practised by over fifty thousand people world-wide. this theoretical and empirical work is the first in-depth study of its kind in the field. The focus of research is the extent to which the impact of regulation on a previously unregulated tradition has contributed to the usurping of creativity by technicality. Five dances have formed the principal competith'e repertoire since the nineteenth century. Their beginnings and early accounts are traced through oral, visual and literary sources, using an historical approach. Two dominant organisational bodies were established around 1950 and letters, minutes and other unpublished material pertaining to the circumstances surrounding their formation are interrogated. Interviews with dancers, teachers, judges and examiners offer insights into the construction of this governance, and the impact of its policing of the dancing community, from practitioners' perspec ti v es. A written ethnography of a contemporary Highland dancing championship reveals procedures at such an event. This is illustrated by a video ethnography. Interviews with contemporary dancers and teachers form a narrative in which attitudes towards the management of a Ii ying tradition are foregrounded. Personal testimonies of competitions yield qualitatiye data tilwhich there are three dominant themes: aesthetic judgements. dancers' musicality, and dancing as sport. Matters of gender and identity also emerge The analysis shows that the content and conduct of competitions has not altered much in the last half century. However, there are significant diffcrenccs between pre-regulated and post-regulated positions, gestures and steps. Extensive comparisons are made between components using Labanotation. Such standardisation is indicative of a climate of control which has led to a continual narrowing of style and an emphasis on technique. The thesis proposes that this pioneering study leads the way for future investigation into the Scottish Highland dancing tradition
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Chambers, James Michael. "Towards a Scottish 'folk cinema'". Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/26075.
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The following study explores the, as-yet largely unexplored question within film studies of a ‘folk cinema’ through research and two practical film projects: the finished dramatic feature Blackbird (2013), and the 4th draft of a script for a dramatic feature in development, False Faces (2016). Drawing from aspects of Scottish folk culture, both films explore different forms of what a rooted, Scotland-based ‘folk cinema’ could be. In addition, the creation of an annual film festival – the Folk Film Gathering – has created a forum in which some of the issues of an emergent folk cinema could be explored with audiences in Scotland. The question of a folk cinema grows increasingly pertinent both globally and locally, particularly within an European cultural landscape where the traditional arts are increasingly resurgent, and upon a global stage where the indigenous peoples movement has led to reevaluations of concepts of tradition, indigeneity and autochthony. My PhD by practice attempts to explore, both theoretically and practically, some of the possible implications of a folk cinema, interlinking local and global contexts. In doing so I have made particular use of aspects of cultural studies and anthropological theory, such as the writing of James Clifford, Faye Ginsburg and Jay Ruby, which I believe to be a relatively untapped critical resource for wider film studies. Whilst opening discussion attempts to consider the question of folk cinema globally, as an issue that may be pertinent for diverse filmmaking traditions in world cinema, my practical filmmaking work is firmly rooted within a contigent and highly-localised attempt to explore such questions within Scotland. In particular, I explore the practical implications of a cinematic pursuit of ‘ethnographic verisimilitude’, and the translation of oral forms into a filmic narrative, whilst questioning the validity of ‘folk cinema’ that arises from ‘etic’ viewpoints, outside a depicted community. Ultimately, consideration of my practical work explores how the theoretical ideals of an emergent folk cinema are negotiated in the more unruly, worldy domain of filmmaking practice and whether, ultimately, an autochthonous Scottish ‘folk cinema’ is possible.
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Stevenson, William. "Excellence in Scottish church music". Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/14473.
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Two propositions are advanced in the present study: firstly, national, not theological, attitudes have been the main influence on Scottish church music from the earliest days to the present; secondly, the present vitality of Scottish music can be traced back to a 19th-century search for musical excellence in church services by clergy, precentors and organists. Until the 19th century Scottish church music reflected a national indifference to music in general. Neither in pre-Reformation nor post-Reformation times is there completely convincing evidence of high-quality secular musical activity before a brief, if brilliant, period in Edinburgh during the late 18th century. Improvements in the national awareness of classical music came as a result of sweeping changes the Scottish churches had to make when they confronted the scientific and philosophical revolutions of the 19th century. Despite some resistance on the part of congregations, music came to be seen as a way of emphasising confidence and solidarity in the Christian faith. Thereafter more and more expert musicians were attracted to work in Scottish churches with long-term benefits for the churches themselves and for the community in which many of then worked as teachers and administrators. With a greater awareness of the potential benefits of music making, Scottish church and school soon began to regard musical excellence not only as desirable but also as a rationale - excellence equals truth. The pursuit of excellence on the part of leading clergy and church musicians from the late 19th century to the present, which has done so much for the musical health of the nation, has recently given rise to increasing concerns about accessibility. These concerns have fundamental implications for the music of the Scottish Church.
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Dunnigan, Sarah M. "Scottish amatory lyric, 1561-1604". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21219.
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The secular amatory lyric in Scottish vernacular literature of the period 1560 - 1604 is the subject of this thesis which is critical and theoretical in its approach. In historical and cultural terms, the study is concerned with lyric poetry associated with the courts of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI; the work of principle lyricists (for example, Alexander Scott Alexander Montgomerie, William Fowler, William Alexander) is analysed individually but the thesis also pursues the literary and cultural implications of neglected anonymous material in manucript miscellanies. The thesis argues that the tension between imitation and invention, which James VI identified in this critical treatise of 1584 as the chief impetus for a newly redefined nationalist poetic, lies at the heart of the period's amatory lyric. The pressure to recreate and reinvent this genre is analysed in three main fields: (1) rhetoric (the vexed issue of language and self-presentation; the mannerist exaggerations of amatory conceit by Alexander Montgomerie); (2) philosophies of desire (the reconception of Neoplatonic amatory thought by Mary Queen of Scott's lyrics; the rewriting of Petrarch's theological resolution of secular desire by William Fowler) (3) construction so 'the feminine' (who the female believed is rhetorically and symbolically conceived; how the feminine voice and the female desiring subject profoundly challenge a masculine literary system; how a feminist reading strategy influences the reception of these lyrics). Ultimately the thesis seeks to demonstrate (by a combination of critical and theoretical analysis, and cultural contextualisation) how various practitioners of the Scottish secular love lyric fashioned distinctive and innovative forms of the genre.
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Kamińska, Tatiana Ewa. "Problems in Scottish English phonology /". Tübingen : M. Niemeyer, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35784831c.
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Foot, Michelle Elizabeth. "Modern spiritualism and Scottish art between 1860 and 1940". Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230582.
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This thesis is formed from original research into the cultural impact of Modern Spiritualism in Scotland during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Until the twenty first century academic scholarship has failed to recognise the historic importance of the Spiritualist movement's widespread popularity and the influence it had on art during this period. The findings of this research provide a new understanding and greater appreciation of art from this time. As academic investigation into Spiritualism's historic significance is largely absent, this study focuses on primary sources from an extensive range of Spiritualist literature, including Spiritualist magazines and newspapers. The number of cited artworks, which were discovered and analysed during this research, support the notion that investigation into Spiritualism's influence during this period is necessary. This thesis is divided into two parts: Part One focuses on artworks by Spiritualists intended for Spiritualist audiences. Chapter 1 outlines a history of the Spiritualist movement in Scotland for the first time in order to establish a context for discussion in the following chapters. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 highlight unknown artworks by Spiritualists, such as Jane Stewart Smith and David Duguid, and analyse how those artists responded to private and public Spiritualism in Scotland. Part Two reveals new interpretations of mainstream Scottish art but which art historians have not previously acknowledged as having Spiritualist associations. In Chapter 5, case studies of members of the Royal Scottish Academy demonstrate that Spiritualism did influence mainstream Scottish artists, such as Alfred Edward Borthwick and George Henry Paulin. Chapter 6 reconsiders the Celtic Revival in Scotland, specifically by re-evaluating current interpretations of John Duncan's work with reference to Duncan's Spiritualism. The final chapter examines war memorials in Scotland as a response to mass social bereavement and Spiritualism's increased popularity during and after the First World War.
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Frater, Anne Catherine. "Scottish Gaelic women's poetry up to 1750". Thesis, Connect to e-thesis, 1994. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/701/.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Glasgow, 1994.Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Department of Celtic, Faculty of Arts, University of Glasgow, 1994. Includes bibliographical references. Print version also available.
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Hamilton, Morag. "Scottish country of origin : its role and value in the identities of Scottish premium/luxury brands". Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/556.
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The focus of this study is the role and function of country of origin (COO) in the creation and communication of the brand identities of Scottish premium/luxury brands. It applies the identity concept which is well developed in the branding literature to the COO literature where the focus on the consumer perspective of country image has resulted in the area of origin management being underdeveloped. Recognising the paucity of COO literature which examines the mechanisms and processes used by luxury brands to communicate COO, these are also analysed. The study uses an innovative two stage sequential mixed methods research design. In the first stage, the macro perspective is gained from the analysis of a database of companies compiled specifically for the study covering six categories of Scottish premium/luxury brands. Additionally a postal survey and analysis of company web pages gather a mix of qualitative and quantitative data to examine the role of COO. The second stage gains strategic insights from semi structured interviews with business elites achieving in depth understanding of the decision making process regarding the strategic advantages of COO in brand identities. The value of the study lies in the contribution to knowledge from frameworks which identify: the characteristics which differentiate companies within and across luxury sectors and organisational structure models which reflect the dominant ownership structures in the Scottish food and beverage, textiles/cashmere and whisky sectors; the dimensions of Scottish premium/luxury brands across a range of product categories; the motivations and drivers for adopting a COO identity; the criteria which distinguish COO brands; the COO communication process. The importance of COO as a key differentiating device which conveys competitive advantage is developed using the metaphor of COO as the anchor which locates the brand in a place which evokes symbolic, emotional and psychological associations and provides the brand with protection and security.
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Brown, David Ewan. "The Scottish origin-legend before Fordun". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23752.
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Reid, Fiona. "A geographical study of Scottish sport". Thesis, University of Stirling, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2540.
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The thesis identifies a lack of research in the general subject area of sports geography and in particular Scottish sports geography. A new conceptual framework for the analysis of the geography of sport is developed from an extensive review of the literature. This framework is then used to illustrate three case studies of the sports landscape in Scotland at three geographical scales. Case study one considers a national sport and traces curling, from its origin to the international Olympic sport it is today, through time and the geographical concepts of space, place, and environment. The sport of curling is shown to be a distinctively Scottish despite influences of modernisation and internationalisation. At the regional scale, case study two identifies two key sporting attributes. Recent survey data are used to highlight regional variations in sports club membership and volunteering in sport. For example the highest rate of sports volunteering in the population is found in the north of Scotland, while the biggest contribution to the sport volunteer workforce comes from large urban towns nearer the central belt. Finally case study three examines a local sportscape. Factors relating to the local population and to the individuals within the sportscape are combined to propose a model for the analysis of sports places. Each case study has added to the knowledge of sports geography in Scotland, however the real benefit of the thesis is to the overall understanding of sports geographical analysis. A new conceptual framework has been developed for the geographical analysis of sport and this has been applied to three case studies to illustrate its efficacy. This is a first Geography of Sport in Scotland.
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Matthews, Audrey. "Dignity therapy : a Scottish feasibility study". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29253.
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Dignity therapy, which has recently been developed to reduce psychosocial and spiritual distress in terminally ill patients, has stimulated substantial interest worldwide. This study aimed to explore the experiences of specialist palliative care patients in Scotland undertaking dignity therapy and to establish whether or not they would recommend it to fellow patients. Eight patients (seven female and one male) participated in the Dignity Psychotherapy Question Protocol (DPQP) followed by a semi-structured research interview. The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim, before being analysed using a grounded theory approach to develop a provisional framework. The findings suggest that patients perceived dignity therapy in a predominantly positive light. They considered the patient-researcher rapport, in terms of listening and compassion, to be especially helpful and to have facilitated the therapeutic encounter. The analysis also identified four beneficial components of this therapy: a) looking back; b) sharing their memories; c) getting things off their chest; and d) putting their story on paper. Based on their experiences, the majority of patients reported that they would recommend this intervention to fellow patients. Whilst several of the benefits of dignity therapy reported by patients correspond to findings of previous dignity therapy studies, many also fit with benefits reported in the literature from other life review processes. Consequently, it is unclear if dignity therapy is unique as claimed. It is also unclear which features of the rapport were attributable to therapist-specific factors and which may be credited to the intervention itself. Results suggest dignity therapy is feasible for patients with advanced illness and may even benefit those without observable psychological distress. Nevertheless, given the small sample studied, further research is needed to corroborate these findings.
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Lawson, Kenneth Daniel. "The Scottish cardiovascular disease policy model". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2013. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4695/.
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This thesis is concerned with economic evaluation in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Policymakers are increasingly focussed on reducing the health and economic burden of CVD and to reduce health inequalities. However, the approach to primary prevention suffers from fundamental weaknesses that this research intends to help address. There is general lack of effectiveness and cost effectiveness evidence underpinning current primary prevention interventions. First, there is a policy impetus towards mass screening strategies to target individuals at high risk of developing CVD when more focussed approaches may be more cost effective. Second, clinicians prioritise individuals on the basis of 10-year risk scores, which are strongly driven by age, and not the potential benefits (or costs) from treatment. Third, targeted and population interventions are often still treated as competing approaches, whereas the key issue is how they might best combine. The key premise of this thesis is that the aims of primary prevention are the avoidance of premature morbidity, mortality and to close health inequalities - subject to a budget constraint. A CVD Policy Model was created using the same nine risk factors as used in the ASSIGN 10-year risk score, currently used in clinical practice in Scotland, to estimate life expectancy, quality adjusted life expectancy and lifetime hospital costs. This model can be employed to estimate the cost effectiveness of interventions and the impact on health inequalities. The model performed well in a comprehensive validation process in terms of face validity, internal validity, and external validity. Life expectancy predictions were re-calibrated to contemporary lifetables. This generic modelling approach (i.e. using a wide range of inputs and producing a wide range of outputs) is intended to avoid the need to build bespoke models for different interventions aimed at particular risk factors or to produce particular outputs. In application, the CVD Policy Model is intended to assist clinicians and policymakers to develop a more coherent approach to primary prevention, namely: to design more efficient screening strategies; prioritise individuals for intervention on the basis of potential benefit (rather than risk); and to assess the impact of both individually targeted and population interventions on a consistent basis. Using the model in these ways may enable primary prevention approaches to be more consistent with guidelines from health sector reimbursement agencies, which may result in a more efficient use of scarce resources.
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Etherington, Neil. "Quality regimes in Scottish further education". Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2008. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=13315.
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Lambert, Victoria. "Investigation of governance in Scottish charities". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/5969.
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This thesis investigates governance in large Scottish charities. In particular, the focus is on internal aspects of governance, predominantly the functioning of the board. The influence of business on charities is also investigated through considering the impact of individuals with business expertise on the boards of charities. Charity governance in the Scottish context has been under-research, this thesis attempts to fill this research gap. A multi-method approach was employed, encompassing both quantitative and qualitative research. The study utilised a survey in the form of a selfcompletion questionnaire, and three case studies to examine governance in Scottish charities. Social construction provides the framework of the analysis. This thesis provides an insight into the functioning of the boards of Scottish charities, in-line with previous research in other countries, governance issues are apparent. However, in relation to the impact of business expertise in charities, there is evidence that business members of charitable boards make contributions to the governance of these organisations, and charities can gain considerable value from having outside specialists on the board.
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Litster, Jennifer H. "The Scottish context of L.M. Montogomery". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579572.
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Weston, J. "Converging cultures : Scottish experiences of Pakistan". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.663669.
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This thesis examines Scottish interaction with Pakistan, from the early nineteenth century onwards, as manifested in individual experiences. It has used ethnographic methods to gather data, with an emphasis on interviews with individuals, combined with an analysis of documentary sources. Experiences within missionary work, the services, civilian employment and travel are focused on to study the processes within cultural contract and their effects on outlooks and identities, with regard to both Scots and Pakistanis. This approach to the study of Scottish experiences in Pakistan, using these methods, is unique. The thesis illustrates, illuminates and emphasises the results of such interaction, at the time and beyond, whether reaffirming, reappraising or reshaping these outlooks and identities. A central premise of the thesis is that such results altered these individuals to a greater extent than a more rigid, binary representations of such a meeting of cultures allows. Complexities and contradictions are stated, and in elucidating them, the thesis proposes that in the Pakistani context, this cultural contact, during the colonial period and after, must be read in terms which do not distort, simplify or essentialise. By seeking to avoid this, the depth of influence that both Scottish and Pakistani culture had on the other, as manifested in these individuals’ experiences, is revealed.
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Boyle, J. J. "Currency management strategies within Scottish companies". Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263851.
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Brock, Jeanette M. "Scottish migration and emigration 1861-1911". Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388817.
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Ferguson, William Alexander Stewart. "Scottish-Irish governmental relations, 1660-90". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283971.
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Foley, James Jardine. "Emergence of the Scottish economic imaginary". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23497.
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Scotland’s economic capacity to prosper independently of Britain has become a key political issue, dominating the independence referendum of 2014 and continuing to influence British politics since. Often, that debate centres on the contested terms of how we imagine or construct Scotland as an economic entity. Thus, it offers a major opportunity to study the broader issue in critical social science of how economies are “imagined”. However, to date most studies of Scotland’s economy comes from the discipline of economics or from the policy profession. This study aims to address this gap. It highlights the comparatively recent history of professional interest in the Scottish economy; asks what these professionals are “doing” or “constructing”; and looks at how this influences Scotland’s conformity with and deviance from mainstream British politics. Using Jessop’s concept of “economic imaginary”, and drawing on cultural political economy, I thus examine the current Scottish economic debate’s conditions of possibility. These include the emergence of British regional policy, the discovery of North Sea oil, discourses of competitive regions in Europe and the elective affinities between devolution and “enterprise”. I pay particular attention to a general shift in attitudes away from top-down plans to equalise growth across Britain to a focus on the “spirit” of enterprising regions. My research used critical discourse analysis to analyse 100 key documents that played important roles in or highlight key issues in Scottish economic development. I also drew on 23 in-depth semi-structured interviews with professionals and journalists. My original contribution is to examine the path-shaping role of Scotland’s economic imaginary, how choices were made and how alternative paths were closed off. By looking at one contested case, we can gain insights into broader imaginative processes in national and regional economies.
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Mulholland, Rosemary. "Stress in teaching : a Scottish perspective". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25005.
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A series of questionnaire surveys were conducted during 2004-2007 to explore teacher perception of 'stress in teaching' within the Scottish context. Study 1 comprised Secondary Teachers (N=400); Study 2 comprised Student-Teachers (N=197) and Study 3 comprised Inductee Teachers (N= 16). The main aims of the surveys were to explore (I) the extent to which Teachers perceive the profession as stressful; to examine (ii) the relationship between perception of stress in teaching and well being and identify (iii) factors which impact on perception of teaching as stressful. 'Stress' was conceptualised as a 'psychological state' (Cox & Ferguson, 1991) that could manifest itself at a physiological, psychological and behavioural level. The study was underpinned by an interactional model of stress (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). This model places the teacher, their appraisal of demands and their own personal and professional resources, at the centre of the stress process. Data was gathered by means of survey questionnaires which included a range of validated instruments such as the General Health Questionniare-30 (Goldberg, 1978); the Glasgow Symptom Checklist (Mahmood, 1999) and the Placement Concerns Questionnaire (Murray-Harvey, 1999). To place the concept of'stress in teaching' within the Scottish context an additional range of instruments were designed to measure stress in teaching (Stress in Teaching Scale), general student stress (Stress in Students) and coping with stress in teaching (Coping with Stress in Teaching). In addition, Postgraduate Students (N=22) participated in semi-structured interviews following their final placement experience (2006). This group were followed into the induction year and completed questionnaires and email interviews during the time of the induction. Overall findings indicated that 92 per cent of Teachers, 79 per cent of Student Teacher and 31 per cent of Inductee Teachers perceived the profession as 'quite' to 'very stressful. Teachers perceived the 'Teaching Learning Interface' and in particular 'indiscipline' as a significant source of stress. Student Teachers cited 'Performance Evaluation'; 'Managing Workload' and 'Class Management' as 'stressful'. In contrast to fully fledged teachers, Inductee Teachers did not find any aspect of teaching such as 'Work Overload'; 'Professional Ethos'; 'Teaching Learning Interface' or 'Perceived Support' as stressful. Perception of stress in teaching and perception of well being varied significantly in relation to current role, age, years of teaching experience and level of study within Initial Teacher Education. One out of every two Middle Managers and Postgraduate Students perceived teaching as 'very stressful'. Moreover, during the course of this study both groups reported changes in well being which would warrant therapeutic intervention. This was especially apparent in relation to feelings of "Personal ineffectiveness' such as 'being unable to make decisions'. In contrast, when the Postgraduate cohort made the transition into, and though, the induction year they perceived teaching as significantly less stressful, and reported significantly less changes in normal levels of well being. In the case of Middle Managers, Postgraduate Students and Inductee Teachers differences in perception of stress in teaching were explained by the interaction between the demands of teaching such as 'Work Overload' and the 'Teaching Learning Interface', and a range of additional factors. For Middle Manager the impact of 'change' and issues pertaining to 'Professional Ethos' and 'Perceived Support', played a key role in their perception of teaching as stressful. Issues of efficacy associated with status of the PGDE course and others' expectations impacted on the Postgraduate Students' perception of teaching as stressful. The Inductee Teachers' perception of teaching as 'not stressful' was attributed to being situated in an 'enabling' professional context in which their personal and professional growth was generally supported. However, it is interesting to note that as Inductee Teachers perceived the 'Teaching Learning Interface' as significantly less stressful they also perceived teaching, as significantly less stressful. Within education there are growing concerns regarding teacher retention and recruitment. Therefore, it is concerning that within this Scottish context a significant proportion of middle managers and postgraduate students perceived teaching as very stressful and in addition experienced significant changes in well being that would normally be associated with a clinical population.
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Lawes, Richard. "A history of modern Scottish mountaineering". Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2011. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=192259.
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This study of mountaineering in Scotland moves the subject from the margins of historicalwriting - often located under the subheading of 'leisure and recreation' - into the mainstream of social history. lt particularly presents new evidence, in the form of oral history life story interviews, specially recorded, analysed and archived for this study. Elite climbers and mountaineers of the last thirty years constitute the majority of the interviewees, many of whom were influential personalities. ln analysing their interviews, I reflect on oral history as a method and examine how these elite climbers have redefined Scottish mountaineering ethics and practices. As most interviewees were active mountaineering participants during and after the 'Thatcher years', there is an emphasis on this period. However, the longer history presented in the substantive chapters analyses the transformation of Scottish mountaineering from its beginnings as an early working utility before the nineteenth century all the way through to its contemporary status as a modern recreational pastime. This thesis has a primary purpose of "filling a gap', of using existing Scottish mountaineering sources, usually written for purposes other than broader historical nanative, to tell a story that seldom appears in general histories. But it also seeks to contribute to a social history of Scotland that focuses on the way a seemingly marginal activity like mountaineering can create sub-cultures that help to explain how people adapt to major socio-political crises and changes. I have argued that the early history of Scottish mountaineering reveals traditions against which contemporaries' practices have been built, and against which they have reacted; that climbers of the 1930s and 1980s have shown the possibility that climbing might inadvertently, or deliberately, be an agent of political expression; that winter climbing represents a distinctive aspect of Scottish mountaineering with a special identity and image amongst its practitioners, which recently has become a contested activity with ethical questions raised by changes in practice and environment. lssues of gender expression have been considered throughout this thesis, not only as regards masculinities but also in connection with expression of femininities; and finally equipment has been discussed in several chapters and is linked to the cuttural analysis of identity and ethics.
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Orme, Trent Eugene. "Scottish Whig Party, c. 1801-20". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9769.
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This thesis analyses the Scottish Whig party between 1801 and 1820 with particular focus on party structure, organisation, and ideology. It seeks to provide a picture of the Scottish Whig party between these dates and to demonstrate that the party developed and maintained a sophisticated structure, cultivated an active and diverse body of members, and contributed to the intellectual development of the national Whig party. Chapter One explores the multiple opinions that existed within the Scottish Whigs on the issue of reform and how these ideas were disseminated in the press. Chapter Two discusses the fissures that existed within the Edinburgh Whigs and notes the generational gap which saw the younger Whigs compete with the older ones for pre-eminence within the party. Chapter Three extends this study beyond the confines of Edinburgh and examines the importance of a culture of conviviality to the party through a study of the dinners held throughout Scotland in honour of Charles James Fox. Extending beyond the urban centres, Chapter Four delves into the complexities of county politics in Scotland and the methods that the Whigs developed in order to overcome local challenges. Chapter Five explores the practical means by which the opposition party maintained itself, specifically through the patronage of university chairs and livings in the Church of Scotland. Through a brief exploration of the career of John Allen, Chapter Six discusses the importance of London and Holland House to the Scottish Whigs and provides suggestions for further research. Finally, it is asserted that, by the 1820s, a diverse and dynamic Scottish Whig party had emerged and was actively contributing to the national Whig party intellectually, by developing a 'new' Scottish Whiggism, and in terms of personnel. Throughout, this thesis demonstrates the flexibility of terms such as 'Whig' and 'Foxite principles' and argues for a broader interpretation of political activity and involvement as being vital to the study of early nineteenth-century politics.
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Baker, Andrew James. "Metamorphic studies in the Scottish Highlands". Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0000df07-a390-4b43-af48-31f04ba628ec.
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Conditions of 8kb and 800°C are estimated for sillimanite K feldspar bearing metapelites and garnet-clinopyroxene bearing amnphibolites in Glen Muick. These conditions are inconsistent with the simultaneous nearby presence of equilibrium between andalusite and kyanite. Andalusite in the Glen Muick area is late. The sillimanite zone may have been in part primary. There is a transition without major structural break between Tay Nappe flat belt and the "Banff Nappe". A dataset has been derived for phases in the system KCMASHCO2. The MHSRK equation of Kerrick and Jacobs (1981) has been used to extract data from mixed devolatilisation equilibria. Heats of formation are in agreement with calorimetrically determined values. Phlogopite equilibria calculated using disordered phlogopite data seem most appropriate to natural metapelite assemblages. Variations in pressure and temperature have been constrained across the Dalradian using various calibrated reactions. Temperatures vary from about 500°C in the low kyanite zone to 800°C in the sillimanite-K feldspar zone and pressures vary from 4kb to 10kb. Pressure estimates are justified on the basis that they are consistent with the aluminosilicate phase diagram. Rocks from the Central Highlands to Glen Clova underwent a decrease in pressure during evolution through peak metamorphic conditions. Amphibolites from the southern Moines show evidence of a former eclogitic assemblage of early Grampian age or earlier. High temperature regional metamorphic rocks lie at high structural levels and are are suggested to be an allochthonous unit, the Banff Nappe of Grampian age. The western margin of the Banff Nappe is marked by a temperature maximum to the immediate east, sharp thermal transitions, a train of metabasites and a high strain zone. It is suggested that emplacement of a Banff Nappe resulted in the deformation and metamorphism of structurally lower rocks.