Since its first publication, this work has been recognized as a major text on the sociology of Scotland. This revised edition provides a sustained study of post-devolution Scottish society. It contains material on: the establishment of the Scottish parliament in 1999; social and political data from the 1997 general elections; the new cultural iconography of Scotland; and Scotland as a European society. This coherently argued account should prove interesting to anyone wishing to understand Scottish society in particular or the general issues involved in nation building,