Devolution in the UK
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780719053580
Subjects: Decentralization in government; Home rule; Regionalism; Great britain, politics and government, 1997-2010
Description: "This 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 Using previously unpublished primary material, as well as a wealth of secondary work, the book offers a comprehensive account of the territorial constitution of the UK from the early twentieth century through to the operation of the new devolved system of government."--Jacket.