New Scotland, New Society: Are Social and Political Ties Fragmenting?

John Curtice, David McCrone, Alison Park, and Lindsay Paterson

New Scotland, New Society asks a series of vital questions regarding the attitudes and behavior of the Scots: are the ties that bind people to each other and to the democratic system fragmenting? How do people relate to social institutions such as the family and systems of morality? Is constitutional reform restoring that trust? Drawing on the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey and its predecessors, the overall aim of the book is to provide an independent account of public opinion in post-devolution Scotland.

About the Author

John Curtice is Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde, Deputy Director of the ESRC Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends (CREST) and Head of Research, National Centre for Social Research, Scotland. David McCrone is professor of sociology at the University of Edinburgh. Alison Park is a Research Director at the National Centre for Social Research. Lindsay Paterson is professor of educational policy at the University of Edinburgh.

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