Devolution in the United Kingdom

by Vernon Bogdanor

The issue of devolution has 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 governing the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. As well as considering what devolution will mean for Scotland and Wales,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192801287
• ISBN13: 9780192801289
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"