Which of the files would you find useful?

One of the more difficult features of the PhD I had to contend with were the amounts of tables used to try and simplify some of the arguments. Nothing wrong with that, except quite a few of the tables had to be laid out in landscape format (meaning the creation of new document 'sections' in Microsoft Word).
Why this complicates things somewhat is that when you save a file as a pdf (acrobat) file, it seems to insist on saving separate 'Microsoft Word 'sections' as totally separate documents.
Hence below for instance Chapter 8, turns into parts 8a - 8g. I've therefore numbered the downloads, so that if you wanted the whole document in chronological order, you would download 01 - 016. If it's only a single chapter you want, you will see details in the file name as to which chapter it makes up in the whole - e.g.03Introduction_Ch1.pdf, is Chapter 1 of the PhD, and is the introduction to the PhD.

Happy reading. All errors (as they say) are of course....mine

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Basically the cover page, the abstract, and the list of contents

Might be a useful first place to start if you want to isolate which parts of the Ph.D you may be interested in

Without whom, you would never be reading this....

This is Chapter 1 of the document - the introduction

This outlines the main argument which the thesis set out to solve - I think the argument is interesting (and convincing!)

This is Chapter 2, the literature review

If anything, this was a bit long, I think in retrospect, but it may be of interested if you want to put modern debates on the issues of the role of language and culture in the context of economic development theory. (It's actually not as boring as that sounds)

This is Chapter 3, and looks at past economic development in Scotland

I found this interesting in looking at how actual practice became much more pragmatic and 'bottom up' as time went on.

This is Chapter 4, and outlines the methodology I used

Most of this is quite standard stuff, probably, although it does looks at the rationale for using loglinear (logit) models to analyse complex qualitative multivariate data - probably not that common an approach.

This is Chapter 5 and looks at the 'Supply Side' of the Gaelic arts and Cultural Sector

This tries to outline the 'main players' in the feild of Gaelic arts and culture, and gives you details of how much money is generated in the economy by the activity of those involved in producing Gaelic artistic and cultural goods and services.

This is Chapter 6 and examines the demand for Gaelic language arts and culture

This, I think is quite fascinating. It is certainly 'new knowledge'. It shows for the first time, the attitude of the respondents, whether Gaelic speaking or not, towards the provisions of services, within the 'Gaelic Economy'. Interestingly, it also looks at trends behind demand. (I could go on all night...but won't)

This is the next part of Chapter 6 and continues the argument

As above - saved as a separate sector due to the technicalities of Adobe Acrobat

This is the next part of Chapter 6 and continues the argument

As above - saved as a separate sector due to the technicalities of Adobe Acrobat

This is the next part of Chapter 6 and continues the argument

As above - saved as a separate sector due to the technicalities of Adobe Acrobat

This is the next part of Chapter 6 and continues the argument

As above - saved as a separate sector due to the technicalities of Adobe Acrobat

This is the next part of Chapter 6 and continues the argument

As above - saved as a separate sector due to the technicalities of Adobe Acrobat

This is the next part of Chapter 6 and continues the argument

As above - saved as a separate sector due to the technicalities of Adobe Acrobat

This is Chapter 7 and is entitled 'Conclusions', although you really also need Chapter 8 the Postscript which brings things up to date

This tries to synthesis everything together. Probably worth reading with the Introduction and Chapter 8 for the most succinct rendering of what the PhD was about

This is Chapter 8 and updates the findings, to 2003

Most of my 'hard' data was collected 1995 - 97. This tries to comment on events since then

As suggested, this is the bibliography

This could be of use for those wishing to see what's available in the area

This is the list of organisations consulted and surveyed

This is the large scale consumer survey, which went to 8000 people (with a response from 2028)

This was designed by a commercial firm and optically scanned

This is a survey used to gauge demand for Gaelic goods and services by businesses

This was designed in Quark Express

This is the survey used for individual practitioners of Gaelic ('supply side')

This was designed in Quark Express

This is the survey used for the organisations which supply Gaelic goods and services

This was designed in Quark Express