Comparing Devolved Governance [electronic resource] /
Birrell, D.author.
Examines recent evidence of a growing symmetry in the operation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This book makes one of the first systematic and detailed comparisons of the operation of the devolved institutions and machinery of governance. It uses a comparative approach to explore the key workings of government.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Powers and resources -- Executive government -- Parliament and assemblies and their legislative role -- Scrutiny role of parliament and assemblies -- The civil service and central administration -- Quangos and delegated governance -- Local government -- Intergovernmental and external relations -- Conclusions.
Examines recent evidence of a growing symmetry in the operation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This book makes one of the first systematic and detailed comparisons of the operation of the devolved institutions and machinery of governance. It uses a comparative approach to explore the key workings of government.
Great Britain-Politics and government.
Political science.
Comparative politics.
British Politics.
Political Science.
Comparative Politics.