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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812839003321

Autore

Mitchell James

Titolo

Devolution in the UK [[electronic resource] /] / James Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-84779-523-4

1-78170-213-6

1-84779-327-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

320.941

Soggetti

Decentralization in government - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 20th century

Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Constituting the UK -- Approaching to Arch-angelic: administrative devolution in Scotland -- Staggering forward little by little: administrative devolution in Wales -- Encouraging conformity, not emphasizing differences: Northern Ireland -- A chaos of areas and bodies: the English dimension -- The settled will of the Scottish peole -- Devolution is a process: Wales -- In search of legitimacy: Northern Ireland since 1972 -- The English question -- Ever looser union.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explains devolution today in terms of the evolution of past structures of government in the component parts of the United Kingdom. It highlights the importance of the English dimension and the role that England's territorial politics played in constitutional debates. Similarities and differences between how the components of the UK were governed are described. It argues that the UK should be understood now, even more than pre-devolution, as a state of distinct unions, each with its own deeply rooted past and trajectory. Using previously unpublished primary material, as well as a weal