Vernon Bogdanor (Professor of Government, University of Oxford, and

Devolution in the United Kingdom

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This title places developments in devolution in the United Kingdom in their historical context, examining political and constitutional aspects of devolution in Britain from Gladstone's espousal of Home Rule in 1886 right up to the 1998 legislation governing the Scottish Parliament.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Updated Edition
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9780192801289
• ISBN-10: 0192801287
• Artikelnr.: 22150155

Autorenporträt

Vernon Bogdanor was, until 2010, Professor of Government at Oxford University. He is now a Research Professor at King's College, London, Gresham Professor of Law, a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Making of the United Kingdom
2: Irish Home Rule
3: Northern Ireland
4: Scotland
5: Wales
6: London (chapter tbc)
7: Devolution: Challenge, Defeat, and Renewal
8: Legislating for Devolution: The Constitutional problems
The Basic Structure
Government Formation and dissolution
The Electoral System
The West Lothian Question
Financing Devolution
The Welsh Model
The English Dimension
The European Dimension
8: Conclusion: Federal Devolution
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index