State of the Nations 2008

Alan Trench

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The State of the Nations 2008: Into the third term of devolution in the United Kingdom is the sixth publication of a major research programme into devolution in the United Kingdom, published on behalf of the Constitution Unit at University College London. The focus of this volume is on the devolved elections of May 2007, analyzing the outcome in terms of both the immediate aftermath and longer-term implications. In particular, it will consider influences on policy-making, finance, the UK Parliament and the resolution of intergovernmental disputes. This book replaces the previously-announced volume The State of the Nations 2007

Sujets

• Reino Unido
• United Kingdom
• Great Britain
• Royaume-Uni

Informations

• Publié par: Andrews UK
• Date de parution: 24 mai 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781845405489
• Langue: English

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The State of the Nations 2008
Edited by Alan Trench
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List of Contributors
John Aldridge was formerly a senior civil servant in the Scottish Office and Scottish Executive, holding various posts including principal finance officer . He is a member of the independent expert panel on finance advising the Commission on Scottish Devolution.
Martin Burch is Professor of Government in the University of Manchester, and co-leader of the English Regions Devolution Monitoring team.
Scott Greer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, and an honorary senior research fellow at the Constitution Unit at University College London.
Alan Harding is Professor of Urban and Regional Governance and Director of the Institute of Political and Economic Governance at the University of Manchester. He is co-leader of the English Regions Devolution Monitoring team.
Holly Jarman is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY.
Peter Jones is a freelance journalist, writing principally for The Scotsman and The Economist . He was leader of the Scotland Devolution Monitoring team between 2005 and 2007.
James Mitchell is Professor of Government at the University of Strathclyde.
Akash Paun is research associate at the Constitution Unit, Department of Political Science, University College London, and writes the Devolution and the Centre Devolution Monitoring Reports.
James Rees is research associate at the Institute for Political and Economic Governance at the University of Manchester, and contributes to the English Regions Devolution Monitoring Reports.
Roger Scully is Professor of Politics at Aberystwyth University, and co-leader of the Wales Devolution Monitoring team.
Alan Trench is research fellow at the Europa Institute in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh. He is an honorary senior research fellow at the Constitution Unit at University College London, and contributes to both the Scotland and Wales Devolution Monitoring Reports.
Rick Wilford is Professor of Politics at Queen’s University Belfast, and co-leader of the Northern Ireland Devolution Monitoring team.
Robin Wilson is co-leader of the Northern Ireland Devolution Monitoring team, and a Ph.D. student in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast. He was formerly director of the think-tank Democratic Dialogue.
Richard Wyn Jones is Professor of Politics at Aberystwyth University, Director of the Institute of Welsh Politics there, and co-leader of the Wales Devolution Monitoring team.



Abbreviations and Acronyms
AM
Assembly Member (member of the National Assembly for Wales)
Asbo
Anti-social behaviour order
BERR
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
BIC
British-Irish Council
BNP
British National Party
COSLA
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
CSD
Commission on Scottish Devolution (the Calman commission)
CSR
Comprehensive Spending Review
DCLG
Department of Communities and Local Government
DEFRA
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DETR
Department of Environment, Transport and Regions
DTI
Department of Trade and Industry
DUP
Democratic Unionist Party
EP
English Partnerships
ERA
Elected regional assembly
EVEL
‘English Votes for English Laws’ EU European Union
GCSE
General Certificate of Secondary Education
GDP
Gross Domestic Produce
GVA
Gross Value Added
IICD
Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
IMC
Independent Monitoring Commission
IPPR
Institute for Public Policy Research
IRA
Irish Republican Army
Labgi
Local authority business growth incentive
LCO
Legislative Competence Order
LHB
Local Health Board
MAA
Multi-Area Agreements
MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)
MP
Member of Parliament (Westminster)
MSP
Member of the Scottish Parliament
NAW
National Assembly for Wales
NHS
National Health Service
NI
Northern Ireland
NIO
Northern Ireland Office
NSMC
North/South Ministerial Council
ODPM
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
OFMDFM
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
OTR
‘On the run’
PfG
Preparation for Government
PFI
Private Finance Initiative
PQ
Parliamentary Question
PSA
Public Service Agreement
PSNI
Police Service of Northern Ireland
RA
Regional Assembly
RDA
Regional Development Agency
RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary
SDLP
Social Democratic and Labour Party
SF
Sinn Féin
SI
Statutory Instrument
SNP
Scottish National Party
SSP
Scottish Socialist Party
STV
Single Transferable Vote
UUP
Ulster Unionist Party
UK
United Kingdom
WAG
Welsh Assembly Government



Foreword, Alan Trench
This volume in The State of the Nations series focuses on the events of 2007. It surveys what happened during the latter part of the second terms of the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales, from 2005 to the May 2007 elections, the immediate aftermath, and the first months in office of the new governments, covering events up to the spring of 2008. It also considers a number of issues that will be important during the third term of the devolved governments - including policy-making, intergovernmental relations and finance.
This book is produced as part of the ongoing Devolution Monitoring Programme, which results in three sets of reports each year covering devolution in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the English Regions, and at the centre. The reports are funded by the Economic and Social Research Council , the Ministry of Justice, the Scotland and Wales Offices and the Scottish Government. We are grateful to each of them for their financial support. We are also grateful to all the members of the monitoring teams, who are too numerous to list here, for their hard work in putting the reports. The reports