Ian Levitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 368975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Levitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Levitt |
| SIGNATURE | LEVITT I |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Treasury and the care of ecclesiastical and historic Crown buildings in Scotland, 1832–79
The paper seeks to outline UK Treasury support for the buildings owned by the Crown (largely acquired on the final abolition of the Episcopacy in 1689) and other buildings in Scotland deemed of national interest for the period 1832–79. It charts Treasury policy of grant-aid after the transference of Scottish hereditary land revenue to the Commissioners of Woods, noting that although the 1707 Act of Union implied a legal obligation to uphold and u…
The ‘Modernisation’ of Scotland and its Impact on Glasgow, 1955–1979: ‘Unwanted Side Effects’ and Vulnerabilities
This article reports findings of research into the far-reaching plan to ‘modernise’ the Scottish economy, which emerged from the mid-late 1950s and was formally adopted by government in the early 1960s. It shows the growing awareness amongst policy-makers from the mid-1960s as to the profoundly deleterious effects the implementation of the plan was having on Glasgow. By 1971 these effects were understood to be substantial with likely severe conse…
Regenerating the Scottish Highlands: Whitehall and the Fort William Pulp Mill, 1945–63
Too deeply committed’: Aviemore, the Scottish Office and George Pottinger, 1959-72
The Treasury, Public Investment And The Development Of Hydro-Electricity In The North Of Scotland, 1951-64
During 1957 the Government's Economic Policy Committee undertook a review of the costs and development of the nationalised industries within the UK in the period immediately after I960. 1 Partly this reflected a change in Treasury perceptions on the management of future demand by the industries for State investment, but it also reflected a deep desire within the then Conservative Government that public sector costs should be sufficiently constrai…
Scottish Papers Submitted to the Cabinet, 1966-70: A Guide to Records held at the Public Record Office (with Addendeum, 1964-66)
Scottish Papers Submitted to the Cabinet, 1945-66: A Guide to Records Held at the Public Record Office and National Archives of Scotland
Taking a gamble’: The Scottish Office, Whitehall and the Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1965-67
In a seminal speech to a group of planning officials in the early part of 1964, Douglas Haddow, then Secretary of the Scottish Development Department, outlined his personal view of the 'major tasks' that lay ahead in reshaping 'the machinery of public administration' to meet the needs of a modern economy. 1 Haddow openly admitted that much of the existing structure of government was peculiarly ineffective in meeting the popular demand for 'modern…
Scottish Papers Submitted to the Cabinet, 1917-45: A Guide to Records Held at the Public Record Office and National Archives of Scotland
The Scottish Secretary, the Treasury and the Scottish Grant Equivalent, 1888-1970
The Creation of the Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1935-65
The Scottish Secretary went on to say that the STUC and the Labour Party had proposed the setting up of a Development Authority, with executive powers to encourage manufacturing and other investment in the Highlands and Islands, a proposal that the Government had already rejected. Maclay's advice to the Cabinet was similar to his previous view, 'yet another piece of machinery' would not in itself produce the investment, but he suggested that the …
Britain, the Scottish Covenant Movement and Devolution, 1946-50
During the writing of this paper the last Conservative Government agreed to return the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey to Scotland, where it had been removed by Edward I during the War of Scottish Independence. The Government, in announcing the decision, declared that it wanted to ensure the Scottish public 'felt1 Government closer 'to home', a measure designed to re-assure the electorate of Scotland's incorporation into the British State…
The State, the Family and the Scottish Health Problem, the work of Dr Leslie MacKenzie, 1891-1928
When Dr Leslie MacKenzie was appointed to the post of medical officer of health for Kircudbrightshire and Wigtonshire in 1891, he was to begin nearly thirty years of public service in Scottish health administration. In 1894 he transferred to Leith to become its first full-time medical officer and in 1901 was appointed the Local Government Board's medical inspector and then its medical member. In 1913 he became a member of the Highlands and Island…
New Towns, New Scotland, New Ideology, 1937–57
In 1937, in its evidence to the Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Population, the Department of Health gave an open and detailed account of the state of Scottish housing and its likely development.1 The evidence is notable for three things in particular. First, the Department frankly admitted that a substantial housing need continued to exist, despite nearly 250,000 state-assisted houses being built since 1919. Overcrowding remained far…
The Origins of the Scottish Development Department, 1943-62
In April 1962 the Conservative Government announced the dissolution of the Scottish Home Department and the Department of Health for Scotland. In their place two new departments with different identities were established, the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Scottish Development Department. (Sec the Appendix for the SDD's administrative structure.) At the time the announcement evoked considerable all-party support and was generally wel…
Poverty and Welfare in Scotland, 1890-1948
Popular Disturbances in Scotland 1780-1815
The State of the Scottish Working Class in 1843: A Statistical and Spanish Enquiry Based on the Data from the Poor Law Commission Report of 1844
The ‘Modernisation’ of Scotland and its Impact on Glasgow, 1955–1979: ‘Unwanted Side Effects’ and Vulnerabilities
This article reports findings of research into the far-reaching plan to ‘modernise’ the Scottish economy, which emerged from the mid-late 1950s and was formally adopted by government in the early 1960s. It shows the growing awareness amongst policy-makers from the mid-1960s as to the profoundly deleterious effects the implementation of the plan was having on Glasgow. By 1971 these effects were understood to be substantial with likely severe conse…
New Towns, New Scotland, New Ideology, 1937–57
In 1937, in its evidence to the Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Population, the Department of Health gave an open and detailed account of the state of Scottish housing and its likely development.1 The evidence is notable for three things in particular. First, the Department frankly admitted that a substantial housing need continued to exist, despite nearly 250,000 state-assisted houses being built since 1919. Overcrowding remained far…
The Origins of the Scottish Development Department, 1943-62
In April 1962 the Conservative Government announced the dissolution of the Scottish Home Department and the Department of Health for Scotland. In their place two new departments with different identities were established, the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Scottish Development Department. (Sec the Appendix for the SDD's administrative structure.) At the time the announcement evoked considerable all-party support and was generally wel…
The Creation of the Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1935-65
The Scottish Secretary went on to say that the STUC and the Labour Party had proposed the setting up of a Development Authority, with executive powers to encourage manufacturing and other investment in the Highlands and Islands, a proposal that the Government had already rejected. Maclay's advice to the Cabinet was similar to his previous view, 'yet another piece of machinery' would not in itself produce the investment, but he suggested that the …
Britain, the Scottish Covenant Movement and Devolution, 1946-50
During the writing of this paper the last Conservative Government agreed to return the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey to Scotland, where it had been removed by Edward I during the War of Scottish Independence. The Government, in announcing the decision, declared that it wanted to ensure the Scottish public 'felt1 Government closer 'to home', a measure designed to re-assure the electorate of Scotland's incorporation into the British State…
Regenerating the Scottish Highlands: Whitehall and the Fort William Pulp Mill, 1945–63
Too deeply committed’: Aviemore, the Scottish Office and George Pottinger, 1959-72
Popular Disturbances in Scotland 1780-1815
The State of the Scottish Working Class in 1843: A Statistical and Spanish Enquiry Based on the Data from the Poor Law Commission Report of 1844
Poverty and Welfare in Scotland, 1890-1948
The Origins of the Scottish Development Department, 1943-62
In April 1962 the Conservative Government announced the dissolution of the Scottish Home Department and the Department of Health for Scotland. In their place two new departments with different identities were established, the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Scottish Development Department. (Sec the Appendix for the SDD's administrative structure.) At the time the announcement evoked considerable all-party support and was generally wel…
The State, the Family and the Scottish Health Problem, the work of Dr Leslie MacKenzie, 1891-1928
When Dr Leslie MacKenzie was appointed to the post of medical officer of health for Kircudbrightshire and Wigtonshire in 1891, he was to begin nearly thirty years of public service in Scottish health administration. In 1894 he transferred to Leith to become its first full-time medical officer and in 1901 was appointed the Local Government Board's medical inspector and then its medical member. In 1913 he became a member of the Highlands and Island…
New Towns, New Scotland, New Ideology, 1937–57
In 1937, in its evidence to the Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Population, the Department of Health gave an open and detailed account of the state of Scottish housing and its likely development.1 The evidence is notable for three things in particular. First, the Department frankly admitted that a substantial housing need continued to exist, despite nearly 250,000 state-assisted houses being built since 1919. Overcrowding remained far…
Britain, the Scottish Covenant Movement and Devolution, 1946-50
During the writing of this paper the last Conservative Government agreed to return the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey to Scotland, where it had been removed by Edward I during the War of Scottish Independence. The Government, in announcing the decision, declared that it wanted to ensure the Scottish public 'felt1 Government closer 'to home', a measure designed to re-assure the electorate of Scotland's incorporation into the British State…
Scottish Papers Submitted to the Cabinet, 1917-45: A Guide to Records Held at the Public Record Office and National Archives of Scotland
The Scottish Secretary, the Treasury and the Scottish Grant Equivalent, 1888-1970
The Creation of the Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1935-65
The Scottish Secretary went on to say that the STUC and the Labour Party had proposed the setting up of a Development Authority, with executive powers to encourage manufacturing and other investment in the Highlands and Islands, a proposal that the Government had already rejected. Maclay's advice to the Cabinet was similar to his previous view, 'yet another piece of machinery' would not in itself produce the investment, but he suggested that the …
Scottish Papers Submitted to the Cabinet, 1945-66: A Guide to Records Held at the Public Record Office and National Archives of Scotland
Taking a gamble’: The Scottish Office, Whitehall and the Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1965-67
In a seminal speech to a group of planning officials in the early part of 1964, Douglas Haddow, then Secretary of the Scottish Development Department, outlined his personal view of the 'major tasks' that lay ahead in reshaping 'the machinery of public administration' to meet the needs of a modern economy. 1 Haddow openly admitted that much of the existing structure of government was peculiarly ineffective in meeting the popular demand for 'modern…
Scottish Papers Submitted to the Cabinet, 1966-70: A Guide to Records held at the Public Record Office (with Addendeum, 1964-66)
The Treasury, Public Investment And The Development Of Hydro-Electricity In The North Of Scotland, 1951-64
During 1957 the Government's Economic Policy Committee undertook a review of the costs and development of the nationalised industries within the UK in the period immediately after I960. 1 Partly this reflected a change in Treasury perceptions on the management of future demand by the industries for State investment, but it also reflected a deep desire within the then Conservative Government that public sector costs should be sufficiently constrai…
Regenerating the Scottish Highlands: Whitehall and the Fort William Pulp Mill, 1945–63
Too deeply committed’: Aviemore, the Scottish Office and George Pottinger, 1959-72
The ‘Modernisation’ of Scotland and its Impact on Glasgow, 1955–1979: ‘Unwanted Side Effects’ and Vulnerabilities
This article reports findings of research into the far-reaching plan to ‘modernise’ the Scottish economy, which emerged from the mid-late 1950s and was formally adopted by government in the early 1960s. It shows the growing awareness amongst policy-makers from the mid-1960s as to the profoundly deleterious effects the implementation of the plan was having on Glasgow. By 1971 these effects were understood to be substantial with likely severe conse…
The Treasury and the care of ecclesiastical and historic Crown buildings in Scotland, 1832–79
The paper seeks to outline UK Treasury support for the buildings owned by the Crown (largely acquired on the final abolition of the Episcopacy in 1689) and other buildings in Scotland deemed of national interest for the period 1832–79. It charts Treasury policy of grant-aid after the transference of Scottish hereditary land revenue to the Commissioners of Woods, noting that although the 1707 Act of Union implied a legal obligation to uphold and u…
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