Scotland and islandness : explorations in community, economy and culture

Scotland and islandness: explorations in community, economy and culture / Kathryn A. Burnett, Ray Burnett and Mike Danson -- Little islands on the edge of the ocean / Ray Burnett -- Cha ghabhadh na b' fheàrr fhaighinn ('A better couldn't be got'). Gaelic perspectives on island cultural heritage in Scotland's Hebrides / Hugh Cheape -- 'Da Norn is lang gien, but hit's left a waageng,': the distinctiveness of Shetland cultural identity / Andrew Jennings -- Scotland's islands and cultural work: the 'specialness' of place / Kathryn A. Burnett and Lynda Harling Stalker -- Regional and island economies of peripheries and margins: 'Nordic and Celtic' comparisons / Mike Danson -- Young people, out-migration and Scottish islands- surveying the landscape / Rosie Alexander -- Community land ownership and sustaining Scotland's islands: lessons from the Western Isles / Calum MacLeod -- Margins of resilience, sustainability and success: island enterprise and entrepreneurship / Mike Danson and Kathryn A. Burnett -- The Islands (Scotland) Act: Island proofing through legislation / Francesco Sindico and Nicola Crook -- Islandness: articulating and emplacing relationality / James Oliver.