Devolution in Britain Today
Author: Colin Pilkington
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780719060762
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of devolved government in Britain today.
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Devolution in the United Kingdom
Author: Vernon Bogdanor
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 2001-04-26
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 0192801287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book places the recent developments in devolution in their historical context, examining political and constitutional aspects of devolution in Britain from Gladstone in 1886 through to the latest developments in the year 2000.
Devolution in the UK
Author: James Mitchell
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2013-07-19
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 1847795234
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explains devolution today in terms of the evolution of past structures of government in the component parts of the United Kingdom. Available in paperback for the first time, 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 Using previously unpublished primary material, as well as a wealth of secondary work, the book offers a comprehensive account of the territorial constitution of the UK from the early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.
Devolution in Britain Today
Author: Russell Deacon
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780719075278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDevolution in Britain Today provides a comprehensive analysis of both the historical development and the current state of devolved government. Devolution is now a key element in A-level syllabuses and on most undergraduate politics courses. This book is written in a clear and accessible style for students either encountering devolution for the first time or for those who need to explore the subject area in greater detail. All of the devolved bodies in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are examined. This book is a thorough update of the first edition, written by Colin Pilkington and published by MUP in 2002.
Devolution in the United Kingdom
Author: Russell Deacon
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2012-09-30
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0748669736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis introduction to the major changes caused by devolution looks at both the historical background and contemporary political events. It assesses the operation, strengths and weaknesses of the devolved state, using highly relevant case studies to illustr
Wellbeing and Devolution
Author: Jennifer Wallace
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-12-05
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 3030022307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt has been over twenty years since the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland voted for devolution. Over that time, the devolved legislatures have established themselves and matured their approach to governance. At different times and for different reasons, each has put wellbeing at the heart of their approach – codifying their values and goals within wellbeing frameworks. This open access book explores, for the first time, why each set their goal as improving wellbeing and how they balance the core elements of societal wellbeing (economic, social and environmental outcomes). Do the frameworks represent a genuine attempt to think differently about how devolved government can plan and organise public services? And if so, what early indications are there of the impact is this having on people’s lives?
Challenging the State: Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility
Author: Sonia Alonso
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-04-26
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0199691576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy do national governments implement devolution given the high risk that it will encourage peripheral parties to demand ever more devolved powers? The aim of Challenging the State is to answer this question through a comparative analysis of devolution in four European countries: Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The UK's Changing Democracy
Author: Patrick Dunleavy
Publisher: LSE Press
Published: 2018-11-01
Total Pages: 521
ISBN-13: 1909890464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe UK’s Changing Democracy presents a uniquely democratic perspective on all aspects of UK politics, at the centre in Westminster and Whitehall, and in all the devolved nations. The 2016 referendum vote to leave the EU marked a turning point in the UK’s political system. In the previous two decades, the country had undergone a series of democratic reforms, during which it seemed to evolve into a more typical European liberal democracy. The establishment of a Supreme Court, adoption of the Human Rights Act, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish devolution, proportional electoral systems, executive mayors and the growth in multi-party competition all marked profound changes to the British political tradition. Brexit may now bring some of these developments to a juddering halt. The UK’s previous ‘exceptionalism’ from European patterns looks certain to continue indefinitely. ‘Taking back control’ of regulations, trade, immigration and much more is the biggest change in UK governance for half a century. It has already produced enduring crises for the party system, Parliament and the core executive, with uniquely contested governance over critical issues, and a rapidly changing political landscape. Other recent trends are no less fast-moving, such as the revival of two-party dominance in England, the re-creation of some mass membership parties and the disruptive challenges of social media. In this context, an in-depth assessment of the quality of the UK’s democracy is essential. Each of the 2018 Democratic Audit’s 37 short chapters starts with clear criteria for what democracy requires in that part of the nation’s political life and outlines key recent developments before a SWOT analysis (of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) crystallises the current situation. A small number of core issues are then explored in more depth. Set against the global rise of debased semi-democracies, the book’s approach returns our focus firmly to the big issues around the quality and sustainability of the UK’s liberal democracy.
The Cultural Devolution
Author: Neil Mulholland
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-10-23
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 1351772627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTitle first published in 2003. What happened to art in Britain when the balance began to shift from public to private subsidy following the IMF crisis in 1976? In this polemical book, Neil Mulholland charts the political and cultural shifts in art in Britain from the mid-1970's to the end of the twentieth century. His account covers the key trends and artists of this extraordinarily diverse period, including critical postmodernism, feminism, neoconservatism, object sculpture, the new image, Brit Art, and Scottish neoconceptualism, and traces the development of critical thinking from the opinions of critics such as Richard Cork, John Roberts and Matthew Collings to tabloid press art scandals. The Cultural Devolution offers a broad critical and historical framework within which to understand public debate on the merits of young British artists such as Damien Hirst while looking beyond such celebrities to re-discover the wealth and range of work produced. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary art in Britain.
British Regionalism and Devolution
Author: Jonathan Bradbury
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-02-04
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1136034889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis contributors provide a range of perspectives on the increasingly central issues of state reform, European integration and British regionalism in the 1990s. Using case material, the contributors examine: the effects of state reform and European integration on British regionalism and the devolution debate; and the nature of recent central responses to the re-emergence of regional and devolution issues, with a particular focus on the recent policies of the Major governments and the policies of the Opposition parties. They also present some evidence which suggests that state reform and EC/EU developments have determined and accentuated important new trends in British regionalism, and underpin the plausibility of far-reaching regional and devolution reforms.
