The Impact of COVID-19 on Devolution : Recentralising the British State Beyond Brexit?

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This topical book explores how the public perception of the UK decentralized governments has changed during the pandemic and uses case studies to discuss the actions taken by central government to undermine the devolution settlement, making a vital contribution to the future options for the UK withi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morphet, Janice
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
COVID-19 (Disease) > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Decentralization in government > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Epigraph
  • The Impact of Covid-19 on Devolution: Recentralising the British State Beyond Brexit?
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • One Devolution in the UK: The Twin Challenges of Brexit and COVID-19
  • Why does the Government want to recentralise power?
  • I: Letting go
  • II: Holding on
  • III: Restoring the centre
  • The opportunity of COVID-19: the battle between centralisation and devolution
  • Two Central Government, Brexit and COVID-19: Centralisation Through Privatisation?
  • What is the role of the government in national crises?
  • How has the UK central Government managed crises before COVID-19?
  • UK approaches to a pandemic within a global context
  • The Prime Minister's response to COVID-19
  • I: Personalisation
  • II: Centralisation
  • III: Privatisation
  • IV: Politicisation
  • Brexit, COVID-19 and centralisation
  • Three The Role of the Devolved Nations in Meeting COVID-19
  • Introduction
  • The role of the EU in devolution and its application in the UK
  • The four nations' approach to COVID-19
  • I: Leadership
  • II: Devolved distinctiveness
  • III: Borders
  • The relationship between COVID-19 and Brexit in the four nations of the UK
  • Four Getting to the Local: Managing the Pandemic in Practice
  • Introduction
  • Local authority roles in managing crises
  • What roles did the Government give to English local authorities in managing COVID-19?
  • What did English councils do in addition to Government assigned roles?
  • Local lockdowns
  • Has this changed the centre's view of local government?
  • Five COVID-19 and a UK Unitary State Post-Brexit?
  • Introduction
  • The UK as a centralised Union?
  • The UK status quo?
  • The UK as a federal state?
  • The UK as an idea?
  • England's future: unfinished business?
  • The future of the UK?
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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