Overview
Contributes to a conceptual understanding of decentralization as a broader, comparative phenomenon
Follows the development of devolution and decentralisation over a number of decades
Suggests that the UK’s position as a bastion of centralisation changed when devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland took place
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This book examines the political economy of devolution in Britain from the postwar period to the present. It situates devolution in Britain within an understanding of the partisan recalibration of political, economic and democratic scales (or levels) of the state. The author utilizes various explanatory tools to unpack complex social, economic, spatial and political phenomena across national, regional and local scales. The book further contributes to our conceptual understanding of decentralization as a broader, comparative, phenomenon. Particular emphasis is placed on examining why decentralization and devolution occur at particular points in time, which enables the investigation into how political and fiscal powers are (re)organized at different levels of the state.
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Book Title: The Political Economy of Devolution in Britain from the Postwar Era to Brexit
Authors: Nick Vlahos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48729-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48728-7Published: 30 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48731-7Published: 30 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48729-4Published: 29 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 264
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Politics, Economic Geography, Political History, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Public Policy
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology