Table of Contents

Contents 1. List of illustrations, maps, graphs, tables 2. Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Eberhard Bort: View from Zollerblick 'The ever-effervescing Christopher Harvie' 1. Peter McCarey: War is the Continuation of Golf by Other Means 2. Wolfgang Mossinger: 'If you want to knowhow to get from Edinburgh to Peebles or to Melrose by public transport, don't consult the internet: ask Chris.' 3. Alison Harvie: Bundesverdienstkreuz o'Clock 4. David Walker: A Scottish Clerisy? 5. Tom Hubbard: The Material and the Moral: Chris Harvie on Culture Constitutional Futures: Scotland, Wales,Northern Ireland, Baden-Wurttemberg 1. Paul Gillespie: Momentous Decisions Ahead for both Scotland and the United Kingdom 2. Klaus Stolz: Searching for the Democratic Intellect in the Scottish Parliament: MSPs and the Harvie Question 3. Lesley Riddoch: Being Scottish? 4. Robin McAlpine: Common Weal and a State of Disorientation 5. James Mitchell: Scotland's other Constitutional Debate 6. Christopher Harvie: The Man in the Next Room and Confederal Salmons 7. Tom Gallagher: Autonomy, Community and the Kirk in Devolved Scotland 8. John Osmond: Accelerating History - The 1979, 1997 and 2011 Referendums in Wales 9. Ian S Wood: Northern Ireland and Scotland: Uncertain Directions 10. Thomas Leuerer: Regional Socialism - Socialist Regions: Labour Scotland, Britain, and the Hopelessness of the Bavarian Social Democrats 11. Eberhard Bort: Scotland's Local Democracy Deficit 12. Peter Conradi and Helmut Doka: More Direct Democracy: Ja Bitte! Regional Politics and Policies 1. Henry Cowper: The Motley Crew that made the Open University 2. Terry Brotherstone: Why Scotland Matters: The Governance of Scotland's Universities 3. Patricia Conlan: 'A lot done, more to do': The Impact of European Union Membership on Women in Ireland 4. Paul Salveson: Next Stop for Community Rail? The Sustainable Branch Line 5. Douglas MacLeod: Holding the Body Politic to Account?: A Beleagured Fourth Estate 6. Noel Spare: Educating for a Green Europe 7. Irene Quaile-Kersken: "O Caledonia! Stern and Wild - Meet Nurse - " For a Fledgling Green Energy Sector 8. Frank Conlan: Reflections on Energy Self-Sustaining Islands in Ireland: with some Scottish and wider European inspirations 9. Stefan Buttner: Sustainable Energy for All 10. Sarah Boyack: Five Days in Malawi: 18 - 23 March 2013 Regional Cultures and Cultural Connections 1. Richard Demarco: Scotland in Europe, Europe in Scotland 2. Owen Dudley Edwards: God and the Regions 3. Tessa Ransford: Lyrical Links: The Scottish Poetry Library and Europe 4. Mario Relich: The Postman Rings Again - Alexander Trocchi's Young Adam 5. Allan Massie: The Way of the Hand-Loom Weaver 6. Neal Ascherson: Memories of Amikejo: Europe's Pasts and its Possible Future 7. Keith Armstrong: Two Poems Appendix Christopher Harvie: A Select Bibliography Contributors

About the Author

Eberhard 'Paddy' Bort is the a former student of Christopher Harvie's, works at Academic Coordinator of the Institute of Governance at the University of Edinburgh.