Constitutional Policy and Territorial Politics in the UK : Volume 1: Union and Devolution 1997-2007

This is the first part of a two-volume work which will provide an authoritative UK-wide account from the initial settlement under New Labour in 1997 to Brexit and its aftermath. This first volume offers a refreshing and rigorous analysis of the period 1997-2007, setting a new agenda for thinking on...

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Autor principal: Bradbury, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Constitutional Policy and Territorial Politics in the UK
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Historical Contexts and Organising Perspectives
  • Historical contexts
  • Existing organising perspectives
  • Towards a realist organising perspective
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Analysing Territorial Politics and Constitutional Policy
  • Territorial politics and centre territorial management in the UK
  • The periphery and approaches to territorial constitutional change
  • The policy process and territorial constitutional change
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Territorial Politics and Devolution in Scotland
  • Territorial politics and the origins of devolution
  • The negotiation and ratification of devolution, 1989-97
  • Constitutional policy and the Scotland Act 1998
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Territorial Politics and Devolution in Wales
  • Territorial politics and the origins of devolution
  • The negotiation and ratification of devolution, 1992-97
  • Constitutional policy and the Government of Wales Act 1998
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Territorial Politics and Devolution in Northern Ireland
  • Territorial politics and the origins of devolution
  • The negotiation of devolution and the 1998 Belfast Agreement
  • Ratification and outcomes of the Belfast Agreement
  • Conclusion
  • 7 Politics and Devolution in Scotland and Wales, 1999-2007
  • Territorial politics and devolution in Scotland, 1999-2007
  • Territorial politics in Wales, 1999-2007
  • Constitutional policy and the Government of Wales Act 2006
  • Territorial politics and the 2007 elections
  • Conclusion
  • 8 Politics and Devolution in Northern Ireland, 1998-2007
  • The problems of stabilising devolution, 1998-2002
  • Direct rule and territorial politics, 2002-06
  • The resettlement of devolution, 2006-07
  • Conclusion
  • 9 Territorial Politics, Regionalism and England
  • Territorial politics and the origins of regional reform
  • The negotiation and ratification of English regional reform, 1994-99
  • Territorial politics, regional governance and England, 1999-2007
  • Conclusion
  • 10 Territorial Politics, the Central State and Devolution
  • Territorial politics and the central state
  • The central state and adapting to devolution, 1997-99
  • The central state and managing devolution, 1999-2007
  • Conclusion
  • 11 Conclusion
  • A summary of the book's argument
  • UK devolution in comparative context and research agendas
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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