The British polity has undergone a fundamental transformation in
the last decade, and in 1998 this culminated in the most radical
reform of the British state since its inception in 1707. Since 1998
devolution for Scotland and Wales and power sharing in Northern
Ireland have fundamentally changed the balance of power between
government at the centre and the new territorial polities.
Taking this profound change as its theme, "Devolution in British
Politics" is an up-to date, comprehensive and effective review of
the origins and development of the devolution process. In highly
readable chapters crucial aspects of devolution are considered, and
the process of constitutional change and its political and
institutional consequences are the principal focus of enquiry by
the contributors.
With clarity and passion, "Devolution in British Politics"
examines the forces at work, both historical and contemporary, that
are changing the British polity. It accounts for the emergence of
the cultural and political movements in the Aother nationsA that
since the 1960s have demanded significant devolution of power from
Whitehall and challenged the control by Westminster parties and
political elites over territorial politics. "Devolution" traces the
residual legacy of deep-seated cultural differences and persistent
territorial interests that gave rise during the nineteenth century
to political resistance to government from London, even to the idea
of shared nationhood.
A team of specialist writers provides a detailed assessment of the
causes and demands of the devolution campaign as well as:
- a review of the significance of the newly devolved arrangements
that have replaced the classicBritish unitary state;
- an assessment of the impact of the constitutional changes;
- consideration of devolutionAs importance for the present and
future workings of British government and politics, both at the
centre and in the new territorial polities;
- a detailed discussion of the idea of political identity in
Britain, and in a wider European and global context.
The Editor
Michael OANeill is Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Politics
at Nottingham Trent University.
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