Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of boxes x
4. List of tables xiii
5. Preface xiv
6. 1 The Background to Devolution 1
7. 2 Not Quite ‘Devolution All Round?’ The Case of England 23
8. 3 English Devolution: ‘London moves forward whilst England falls back’ 39
9. 4 The Evolution of Scottish Devolution 57
10. 5 The Governance of Scotland 75
11. 6 Political Parties and Politics in Scotland 102
12. 7 The Government of Wales 128
13. 8 The Continuing Evolution of Welsh Devolution 154
14. 9 Northern Ireland: Historical Political Development 185
15. 10 Northern Ireland and Devolution: Structures, Process and Government 202
16. 11 Political Parties within Northern Ireland 223
17. 12 Creeping Federalism or a Unitary State? 243
18. Index 256