The UK's devolution reforms were built on long-standing practices of differentiated territorial
administration in the non-English parts of the UK. With devolution those practices became …

The article assesses the consolidation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
in turn. Despite the different conditions, the same questions are of general relevance. Firstly …

The UK's devolution reforms have been piecemeal, directed at specific territorial issues in
one or other part of the UK, and poorly coordinated with one another. While this piecemeal …

Abstract In Scotland and Wales devolved governance has established an interesting
paradox. Scotland, at the leading edge of devolution, has been timid in developing novel …

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 …

DEVOLUTION represents a large constitutional upheaval for the territories of the UK.
Following the first elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly in 1999 and the …

Devolution was introduced amid a rhetoric of democratic renewal and promised the active
engagement of local government. Local government has responded in different ways in …

Devolution has established new political institutions in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland,
London and the other English regions since 1997. These devolution reforms have …

The creation of devolved institutions is not just a constitutional reform. Devolution has
profound implications for public services within the UK, yet there has been comparatively …

Initial analyses of the 'devolution deals' that form the cornerstone of current efforts to devolve
power within England assess the policy against conventional governance criteria …