About the Author

Lindsay Paterson is Emeritus Professor of Education Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. His main academic interests are in education, civic engagement and political attitudes. He has contributed to many debates in Scotland since the early 1990s on education, on social change, and on politics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Reviews

This book is essential reading not only for those interested in Scottish education – a fascinating story in its own right – but for all those committed to building education systems that meet our democratic and egalitarian ideals.
*Adam Gamoran, William T. Grant Foundation*

With an uncommon combination of quantitative rigour and lucid, humane prose, Lindsay Paterson weighs up Scottish claims to have cultivated the "democratic intellect". Has Scotland succeeded in delivering a broad, liberal education to all? The answer, defined and qualified in ways illuminating to policymakers as well as students and scholars, is yes.
*Peter Mandler, University of Cambridge*

goes well beyond... familiar claims and the counter-claims of sceptics. Paterson’s thesis is more nuanced, more qualified, more rigorous and thus more challenging—intellectually and personally.
*The Scottish Historical Review*

[a] remarkable new study... with a detailed analysis of statistical evidence that is genuinely exciting
*History Scotland*