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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465618303321

Autore

Birrell Derek

Titolo

Direct rule and the governance of Northern Ireland [[electronic resource] /] / Derek Birrell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2009

ISBN

1-78170-188-1

1-84779-271-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

320.9416

Soggetti

Decentralization in government - Northern Ireland

Central-local government relations - Northern Ireland

Electronic books.

Northern Ireland Politics and government 1969-1994

Northern Ireland Politics and government 1994-

Northern Ireland Relations Great Britain

Great Britain Relations Northern Ireland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-269) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The constitutional framework -- The Secretary of State and the Northern Ireland ministers -- Northern Ireland business in the Westminster Parliament -- The Civil Service : a continuing institution -- The use of quangos -- The role of local government -- Finance and public expenditure -- Cross-border cooperation and British-Irish institutions -- Ombudsmen, commissioners and complaints -- Policy-making under direct rule.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first comprehensive study of direct rule as the system of governance which operated in Northern Ireland for most of the period between 1972 and 2007. The major institutions of governance are described and examined in detail, including the often neglected sectors of the role of the Westminster parliament, the civil service, local government, quangos, ombudsmen offices, cross-border structures and the public expenditure process.The book explains how the complex system covering transferred, reserved and excepted functions



worked and provided viable governance despite political violenc