Gerry Hassan (born 1964) is a Scottish writer, commentator and academic. He is Professor of Social Change at Glasgow Caledonian University, having previously worked at the University of Dundee and the

University of the West of Scotland The University of the West of Scotland ( gd, Oilthigh na h-Alba an Iar), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Blantyre, South Lanar ...

, where he completed his doctorate. He has also previously worked for the Institute for Public Policy Research and Demos where he led their Scotland 2020 and Glasgow 2020 programmes and

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. He has written widely in the Scottish and UK press, including ''The Scotsman'', ''The Herald'', ''Holyrood'', ''Sunday Mail'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' on topics and issues related to the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland and Scottish Independence.

Books/Publications

*''The New Scotland'', 1998 (

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) *''A Guide to the Scottish Parliament: The Shape of Things To Come'', 1999 (

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) *''A Different Future: A Moderniser’s Guide to Scotland'', 1999 ( The Big Issue in Scotland/Centre for Scottish Public Policy) *''The New Scottish Politics: The First Year of the Scottish Parliament and Beyond'', 2000 (

) *''The Almanac of

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'', 2001 ( Politico's Publishing) *''Tomorrow’s Scotland'', 2002 (

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) *''Anatomy of the New Scotland: Power, Influence and Change'', 2002 (

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) *''Staying Human: Respect, Values and Social Justice'', 2003 ( Scottish Human Services) *''The Scottish Labour Party: History, Institutions and Ideas'', 2004 ( Edinburgh University Press) *''The Political Guide to Modern Scotland: People, Places and Power'', 2004 ( Politico's Publishing) *''Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation'', 2005 ( Demos) *''After Blair: Politics After the

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Decade'', 2006 (

) *''The Dreaming City:

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2020 and the Power of Mass Imagination'', 2007 ( Demos) *''The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power'', 2009 ( Edinburgh University Press) *''Radical Scotland: Arguments for Self-Determination'', 2011 ( Luath Press) *''ImagiNation: Stories of Scotland’s Future'', 2011 ( Big Sky Press) *'' The Strange Death of Labour Scotland'', 2012 ( Edinburgh University Press) *''The Seven Wonders of Scotland'', 2012 (

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) *''After Independence: The State of the Scottish Nation Debate'', 2013 ( Luath Press) *''Caledonian Dreaming: The Quest for a Different Scotland'', 2014 ( Luath Press) *''Independence of the Scottish Mind: Elite Narratives, Public Spaces and the Making of a Modern Nation'', 2014 (

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) *''Scotland's Referendum and the Media: National and International Perspectives'', 2016 ( Edinburgh University Press) *''Scottish National Party Leaders'', 2016 (

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) *''Scotland the Bold: How Our Nation Changed and Why There is No Going Back'', 2016 ( Freight Publishing) *''Scotland, the UK and Brexit: A Guide to the Future'', 2017 ( Luath Press) *''A Nation Changed?: The SNP and Scotland Ten Years On'', 2017 ( Luath Press) *''The People's Flag and the Union Jack: An Alternative History of Britain and the Labour Party'', 2019 (

) *''Scotland the Brave? Twenty Years of Change and the Future of the Nation'', 2019 ( Luath Press) *''The Story of the Scottish Parliament: The First Two Decades Explained'', 2019 ( Edinburgh University Press) *''Scotland after the Virus'', 2020 ( Luath Press) *''A Better Nation: The Challenges of Scottish Independence'', 2022 ( Luath Press) *''Scotland Rising: The Case for Independence'', 2022 (

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)

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* 1964 births Living people The Guardian people Scottish scholars and academics Academics of the University of the West of Scotland Writers from Dundee {{UK-journalist-stub

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