Constitutional Policy and Territorial Politics in the UK
Volume 1: Union and Devolution 1997–2007
By Jonathan Bradbury
Published
21 Jan 2021Page count
364 pagesISBN
978-1529205886Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
21 Jan 2021Page count
364 pagesISBN
978-1529205909Imprint
Bristol University PressPublished
21 Jan 2021Page count
364 pagesISBN
978-1529214444Imprint
Bristol University PressPublished
21 Jan 2021Page count
364 pagesISBN
978-1529205909Imprint
Bristol University Press
Constitutional Policy and Territorial Politics in the UK
This 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.
“This vital book provides an original perspective of the practical and complex details of devolution as an ‘idea’ of constitutional practice.” Arthur Aughey, Ulster University
Jonathan Bradbury is Professor of Politics in the Department of Political and Cultural Studies at Swansea University.
Introduction
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
