LEADER 03180nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910465618303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78170-188-1 010 $a1-84779-271-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085824 035 $a(EBL)1069618 035 $a(OCoLC)818847367 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712752 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12274044 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712752 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10645435 035 $a(PQKB)10900368 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085820 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069618 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069618 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623372 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843552 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085824 100 $a20100412d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDirect rule and the governance of Northern Ireland$b[electronic resource] /$fDerek Birrell 210 $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press $cDistributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84779-717-2 311 $a0-7190-7757-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [248]-269) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThis 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 606 $aDecentralization in government$zNorthern Ireland 606 $aCentral-local government relations$zNorthern Ireland 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xPolitics and government$y1969-1994 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xPolitics and government$y1994- 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xRelations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xRelations$zNorthern Ireland 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDecentralization in government 615 0$aCentral-local government relations 676 $a320.9416 700 $aBirrell$b Derek$0990842 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465618303321 996 $aDirect rule and the governance of Northern Ireland$92267182 997 $aUNINA