The British tradition of federalism
By: Michael Burgess.
Series: Studies in federalism; Studies in federalism (Leicester, England)
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Leicester University Presses
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Madison, [NJ]; London [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Federal government -- Great Britain.; European federation.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Description: Challenging orthodox assumptions concerning British federalism, The British Tradition of Federalism offers a unique revisionist critique of Britain's recent constitutional past. The central themes of Empire, Ireland and Europe provide the empirical focus of this volume. Together, they reveal a fundamental continuity of British federal ideas: a single intellectual tradition which spans the last century.

By reinstating a neglected dimension of the larger British political tradition, Burgess shows how the continuing relevance of this federal tradition serves as both the source of and inspiration for a wide range of constitutional reform proposals in the 1990s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.