This document is intended to promote understanding of democracy in Scotland as a social and cultural process that is sustained through learning as well as through political institutions and procedures. It consists of 47 short, easy-to-read papers that can be used in existing programs (for example, modern studies and social studies) or as supplementary materials. The papers are as follows: "National Identity" (David McCrone); "The Historical Struggle for Democracy in Scotland" (Graeme Morton); "The Legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment" (Jonathan Hearn); "Democratic Intellectualism" (Robert Anderson); "Civil Society and the State" (Lindsay Paterson); "Freedom, Justice, and Equality" (Ruth Jonathan); "Democracy and Citizenship" (David Carr); "The Scottish Parliament" (Alice Brown);"The Scottish Executive" (Richard Parry); "The Scottish Economy" (Brian G. M. Main); "The Scottish Education System" (Gordon Kirk); "The Scottish Legal System" (Hector MacQueen); "The Church" (Duncan B. Forrester); "The Welfare State" (Michael Adler); "Local Government in Scotland" (Richard Kerley); "The Voluntary Sector" (Chris Clark, Viviene E. Cree); "The Civic Forum" (Vernon Galloway); "Scotland, the Union and the Media" (John MacInnes); "Language, Culture and Identity" (Harry D. Watson); "Social Class" (Michael Rosie); "Gender and the Division of Labor" (Fiona Mackay); "The Asian Experience in Scotland" (Satnam Virdee); "The Trade Union Movement" (Patricia Findlay); "Disability" (Nick Watson); "Sexual Orientation" (Jamie Rennie); "Faith Communities" (Andrew Morton); "Young Scots" (Ian Fyfe); "Welfare Policy and Democratic Change" (Stephen Maxwell); "Poverty and Inequality" (Sally Witcher); "Gender and Identity" (Esther Breitenbach); "Race Relations in Scotland" (Rowena Arshad); "Work, Employment, and Unemployment" (Adrian Sinfield); "Land Ownership and Land Reform" (Andy Wightman); "Demographic Change" (Liz Bondi, Michael Gallagher); "Homelessness in Scotland" (Liz Nicholson); "Health" (Sarah Cunningham-Burley); "Medicine and Democracy" (Kenneth Boyd); "The Politics of the Environment" (Eurig Scandrett); "The Changing Family" (Lynn Jamieson); "Scottish Family Policy and Law" (Ian Dey, Fran Wasoff); "Children's Rights" (Kay Tisdall); "Scottish Arts and Common Culture" (Cairns Craig); "Sport and Leisure" (John Horne); "The Politics of Technological Change" (Tom Conlon); "Learning, Information Technology and Democracy" (Keith Stenning); "Democracy and Globalisation" (Jan Penrose); "Scotland in Europe" (Andrew Scott); and "The New Scotland: (William Storrar). All papers are accompanied by discussion questions. (MN)