Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first of a major two-volume work which provides an authoritative account of devolution in the UK since the initial settlement under New Labour in 1997. This first volume meets the need for a comprehensive, UK-wide analysis of the formative years of devolution from the years 1997 to 2007, offering a rigorous and theoretically innovative re-examination of the period that traces territorial politics from initial settlements in Scotland and Wales and the Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland to early maturity. Bradbury reviews the trajectory and influencing factors of devolution and its subsequent impacts, using a novel framework to set a significant new agenda for thinking and research on devolution.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Historical Contexts and Organising Perspectives Analysing Territorial Politics and Constitutional Policy Territorial Politics and Devolution in Scotland Territorial Politics and Devolution in Wales Territorial Politics and Devolution in Northern Ireland Politics and Devolution in Scotland and Wales, 1999– 2007 Politics and Devolution in Northern Ireland, 1998– 2007 Territorial Politics, Regionalism and England Territorial Politics, the Central State and Devolution Conclusion
