Devolution in the United Kingdom (OPUS)

The Issue Of Devolution Has All Too Often Been One For Polemic Rather Than Reasoned Analysis. This Book Places Recent Developments 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 Establishing A Scottish Parliament And A Welsh Assembly. Devolution In The United Kingdom Cuts Across The Boundaries Of Disciplines Such As History, Political Science, And Law, And Will Be Required Reading For Anyone Seeking To Understand The Significance Of The Most Important Constitutional Development Of Our Time.--jacket. 1. The Making Of The United Kingdom -- 2. Irish Home Rule -- 3. Northern Ireland -- 4. Scotland -- 5. Wales -- 6. Devolution: Challenge, Defeat, And Renewal -- 7. 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. Vernon Bogdanor. Opus. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [314]-320) And Index.