03180nam 2200637 a 450 991046561830332120200520144314.01-78170-188-11-84779-271-5(CKB)2560000000085824(EBL)1069618(OCoLC)818847367(SSID)ssj0000712752(PQKBManifestationID)12274044(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712752(PQKBWorkID)10645435(PQKB)10900368(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085820(MiAaPQ)EBC1069618(Au-PeEL)EBL1069618(CaPaEBR)ebr10623372(CaONFJC)MIL843552(EXLCZ)99256000000008582420100412d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDirect rule and the governance of Northern Ireland[electronic resource] /Derek BirrellManchester ;New York Manchester University Press Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillanc20091 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84779-717-2 0-7190-7757-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-269) and index.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.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 violencDecentralization in governmentNorthern IrelandCentral-local government relationsNorthern IrelandNorthern IrelandPolitics and government1969-1994Northern IrelandPolitics and government1994-Northern IrelandRelationsGreat BritainGreat BritainRelationsNorthern IrelandElectronic books.Decentralization in governmentCentral-local government relations320.9416Birrell Derek990842MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465618303321Direct rule and the governance of Northern Ireland2267182UNINA