Scotland's ten tomorrows

"From the controversial Parliament building to MSPs' pay and expenses, devolution has sharply divided the country. Has life in Scotland really improved? Or did devolution set in motion a runaway gravy train for government and the bureaucracy?" "Despite record public spending in Scotland, there are huge problems in health, education, public welfare, economic policy, arts and culture and wellbeing." "The structural problems that the Barnett Formula on Scotland's share of UK spending was meant to tackle have grown worse. Yet government spending as a proportion of the economy in Scotland is now 52 per cent - one of the highest figures in the industrialized world." "Here ten of Scotland's most prominent writers and commentators set out what has gone wrong - free from government gobbledygook and spin - and present bold and positive ideas to take Scotland forward."--Jacket.