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200 10$aDevolution in the UK$b[electronic resource] /$fJames Mitchell
210   $aManchester $cManchester University Press$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (273 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7190-5359-5 
311   $a0-7190-5358-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aConstituting 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.
330   $aThis 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 Using previously unpublished primary material, as well as a weal
606   $aDecentralization in government$zGreat Britain
607   $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y20th century
607   $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1997-2007
610   $aUnited Kingdom.
610   $aconstitutional debates.
610   $adevolution.
610   $adistinct unions.
610   $aearly twentieth century.
610   $agovernment.
610   $apre-devolution.
610   $aterritorial constitution.
610   $aterritorial politics.
615  0$aDecentralization in government
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