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Devolution and British Politics

Devolution and British Politics

Michael O'Neill

Apr 2004, Paperback, 408 pages
ISBN13: 9780582472747
ISBN10: 0582472741
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Devolution has transformed the British Polity in the last decade. Taking this profound change as its theme, Devolution and British Politics is an up-to date, comprehensive and effective review of the origins and development of the devolution process.Devolution in British Politics offers a de-centralised assessment of British politics and encourages critical thinking regarding contemporary political theory.


Introduction: Devolution and British Politics
PART ONE. A KINGDOM UNITED 1. State-building and national integration in Britain. Michael O'Neill 2. Challenging the Centre: Home Rule Movements. Michael O'Neill
PART TWO. RE-IMAGINING BRITAIN: THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY
3. Politicizing Territorial Identity: Theorems of Change. Michael O'Neill
4. The Politics of Identity: Scottish Nationalism. Antonia Dodds and David Seawright
5. The Politics of Identity: Wales. James Hunter
6. Northern Ireland: Resolving an Ancient Quarrel. Rick Wilford
PART THREE. REFORMING THE BRITISH STATE
7. Reforming the British State: The1998 Watershed. Michael O'Neill
8. Intra-party relationships of British state-wide political parties within the developing territorial agenda. David Baker
9. Central Government and Devolution. Janice Mcmillan and Andrew Massey
10. English Regional Governance. Chris Stevens
11. The Impact of European Integration. Janet Mather

  • Thorough overview of the historical context
  • Assessment of the impact of devolution on all areas of British government & politics
  • Number of well-known contributors, including
  • Places the British experience in a global context

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'This book is an interesting attempt to decipher the British unitary state...'

Phil Cooke, Scottish Affairs, no. 52, summer 2005

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