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Stephen Maxwell

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Born: October 10 1942

Died: 2323 04 20122012

Stephen Maxwell was a prominent intellectual in the Scottish independence movement and, from the 1980s, a leading figure in the Scottish voluntary sector.

Born in 1942 in Edinburgh to a Scottish medical family, he was brought up in Yorkshire, England. At 17, Maxwell won a scholarship to Cambridge University where he studied Moral Sciences.

In the late 1960s he returned to Scotland, where he balanced his work at the University of Edinburgh with campaigning for the Scottish National Party . In 1973, at the age of 31, he was appointed Press Officer for the SNP.

During the 1970s Maxwell played a formative role in developing the SNP's industrial and defence policies and became known as one of the most radical and articulate figures in the party. In 1979 he directed the SNP's campaign for a Yes vote in the referendum on Scottish devolution.

In 1979 Maxwell, together with Margo MacDonald and a number of younger nationalist activists, established the 79 Group, a left-wing faction within the SNP. In 1981 Maxwell wrote and published a pamphlet, The Case for Left-Wing Nationalism, which became the 79 Group's defining statement. Later that year, the 79 Group was expelled by the party leadership.

Throughout the 1980s Maxwell wrote extensively for left-wing publications including Radical Scotland. He also became involved with the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations, where he worked until he retired from his post as Associate Director in 2009.

Between 2010 and his death in April 2012 he chaired the Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum.

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Stephen Maxwell

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Books from Stephen Maxwell

A Claim of Right for Scotland

The Case for Left Wing Nationalism

A Nation Again: Why Independence will be Good for Scotland (and England Too)

Power and Manoeuvrability: The International Implications of an Independent Scotland

The Radical Approach: Papers on an Independent Scotland

Nationalism in the Nineties

The Case for Left-Wing Nationalism

Scotland and the Sea

Scotland, Multinationals and the Third World

Radical Scotland, February / March 1984

Radical Scotland, Feb / Mar '87

Radical Scotland, Aug / Sep '89

Cencrastus No. 35: Winter '89

Radical Scotland, February / March 1983

Cencrastus No. 4: Winter 1980 - 1981

The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 31

John P. Mackintosh on Scotland

The Bulletin of Scottish Politics No. 1: Autumn 1980