Henry McLeish

Citizens United

Taking Back Control in Turbulent Times

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This book examines the most pressing issues facing us today in the context of the political and constitutional upheaval that is coursing throughout Western democracies. The shock politics of Trump and Brexit demonstrate that the political landscape has changed and we face an uncertain future. Henry McLeish offers a new approach to get us out of the mess we're in.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-910021-78-1
EAN: 9781910021781
Produktnummer: 17480601
Verlag: Luath Press Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 180 S.
Masse: H15.7 cm x B23.4 cm x D1.2 cm 250 g
Auflage: 2 Revised edition
Gewicht: 250

Über den Autor

RT HON HENRY McLEISH began his political career as an elected member in local government in 1974, and was leader of Fife Regional Council for five years. In 1987 he was elected as a member of the UK Parliament and acted as Minister for Devolution and Home Affairs in the Labour government from 1997 to 1999. In the first Scottish Parliament he was Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 1999, and in 2000 he became First Minister of Scotland until 2001. Retiring from politics in 2003, he is now an adviser, consultant, writer author and broadcaster and lectures in the USA and elsewhere on the European Union and politics. He chaired the Scottish Prisons Commission, which produced a report into sentencing and the criminal justice system entitled 'Scotland's Choice'. In 2010 he conducted a major report on the state of football in Scotland, which had been commissioned by the Scottish Football Association, and chaired a commission into sport requested by the Scottish government. He is now an honorary professor at Edinburgh University.