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Andy Wightman is a writer and researcher best known for his work on land ownership in Scotland. He is the author of "Who Owns Scotland"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who owns Scotland. Edinburgh : Canongate, 1996 )〕 and "The Poor Had No Lawyers".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The poor had no lawyers: who owns Scotland and (how they got it). Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2010. )〕 He was born in Dundee and graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1985 with a degree in forestry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.birlinn.co.uk/Andy-Wightman/ )〕 He was a co-founder of Reforesting Scotland, a group dedicated to substantial reforestation. He began his career as a scientist working on renewable energy at the University of Aberdeen and then as a Projects Officer with Central Scotland Countryside Trust. He became a self-employed writer and researcher in 1993. Over the next 20 years, he contributed to a wide range of debates on land use, land reform, the Crown estate, common good land, local democracy and fiscal reform. Author of a number of reports on these topics, he also served as a Specialist Adviser to the Uk Parliament's Scottish Affairs Committee Inquiry on land reform 2014–2015. He was coordinator of the Land Action Scotland campaign. The campaign has the stated aim of supporting local residents though seeking to democratise companies that are run by a handful of people who are not living on the land involved. Wightman is a member of the Commission on Local Tax Reform. He is a member of the Scottish Green Party and is a candidate on the Lothians List〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=» SCOTTISH GREENS CONFIRM REGIONAL LISTS FOR HOLYROOD 2016 Scottish Greens )〕 in the 2016 Holyrood elections ==Published work== *''Who Owns Scotland'' (Canongate, 1996) *''Scotland: land and power. An agenda for land reform'' (Luath, 1999) *''The Poor Had No Lawyers'' (Birlinn Books, 2013) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andy Wightman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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