Devolution in the Uk

James Mitchell, Bethan Hirst

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Manchester University Press
30 November 2011

Politics & government

Referendums in Scotland and Wales in September 1997 signalled fundamental changes in the government and politics of the United Kingdom. At the start of the third millennium a Parliament in Scotland, an Assembly in Wales and a new London authority with a directly mayor will be established each with wide powers and responsibilties. These developments will provide an added impetus to establishing elected government in the English regions. This book sets the territorial politics of the UK into historical and political context. It challenges traditional notions of the UK as a unitary state and considers the implications for the whole of the UK its changes in its component parts. The debates leading up to constitutional change are discussed and the opportunities and challenges they will face are considered. What all of this means for the United of Disunited Kingdom is analysed. The lessons of the UK's limited experience of devolution, the Stormont Parliament in Northern Ireland which existed for 50 years until 1972, are considere taking account of both the constitutional and socio-political dimensions.

Based on extensive research using primary and secondary material, the new territoral politics of the United Kingdom are discussed alongside a reassessment of old orthodoxies.

By: James Mitchell
Other: Bethan Hirst
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780719053597
ISBN 10: 0719053595
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 November 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of tables Preface 1. Constituting the UK 2. Approaching to Arch-angelic: administrative devolution in Scotland 3. Staggering forward little by little: Administrative devolution in Wales 4. Encouraging conformity, not emphasizing differences: Northern Ireland 5. A chaos of areas and bodies: The English dimension 6. The settled will of the Scottish people 7. Devolution is a process: Wales 8. In search of legitimacy: Northern Ireland since 1972 9. The English Question 10. Ever looser union Bibliography and sources Index -- .

James Mitchell is Professor of Politics in the Department of Government at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Reviews for Devolution in the Uk

An important and necessary book on a vital topic. James Mitchell's expertise and original research produce an authoritative analysis, and one which questions assumed inevitabilities in the UK's past, present, and future. --Richard English, Professor of Politics, Queen's University, Belfast

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Devolution in the Uk

James Mitchell, Bethan Hirst

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