Devolution of Power to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:The Inner History Tony Blair’s Cabinet Papers, 1997 Volume One, Devolution in Scotland and Wales
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Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
29.08.2023
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mit 4 Abbildungen
Verlag
Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic PublishersSeitenzahl
712
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23.5/15.7/4.3 cm
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1110 g
Auflage
1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-80374-250-2
In 1987 Tony Blair’s New Labour won a landslide victory in the British elections. To show it meant business, the new government immediately embarked on a major legislative programme, granting devolution to the outlying «Regions» joined with England in the UK. The cabinet papers concerned with this initiative have just been released, and Peter Raina is publishing them, with brief commentaries, in two volumes. This one concerns Scotland and Wales.
The papers show just how much interdepartmental work was involved in this comparatively modest exercise, and how dependent ministers were on the Civil Service and their legal teams. They also raise questions which have recently been much amplified. The drive for devolution had contradictory aims – to offer more self-sufficiency and foster development; but also to take the sting out of nationalist movements, so as to preserve the Union. Readers can judge how democratic and how fruitful the scheme really was.
The papers show just how much interdepartmental work was involved in this comparatively modest exercise, and how dependent ministers were on the Civil Service and their legal teams. They also raise questions which have recently been much amplified. The drive for devolution had contradictory aims – to offer more self-sufficiency and foster development; but also to take the sting out of nationalist movements, so as to preserve the Union. Readers can judge how democratic and how fruitful the scheme really was.
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