Constitutional Futures Revisited: Britain's Constitution to 2020

Constitutional Futures Revisited: Britain's Constitution to 2020

Constitutional Futures Revisited: Britain's Constitution to 2020

Constitutional Futures Revisited: Britain's Constitution to 2020

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Overview

The UK is going through a period of unprecedented constitutional change. There is much unfinished business, and further changes still to come. Where are these changes taking us? In this book, leading political scientists and lawyers forecast the impact of these changes on the UK's key institutions and the constitution as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780230252134
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 10/23/2008
Edition description: 2008
Pages: 332
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

ROBERT HAZELL is Professor of Government and the Constitution at University College London, UK, and Director of the Constitution Unit in UCL's School of Public Policy. Originally a barrister, he was a senior civil servant in the Home Office before becoming Director of the Nuffield Foundation, and then founding the Constitution Unit in 1995.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Forecasting Constitutional Futures; M.Glover & R.Hazell PART I: THE DECENTRALISED STATE Scotland and Wales: The Evolution of Devolution; A.Trench Tying the UK Together? Intergovernmental Relations and the Financial Constitution of the UK; A.Trench Northern Ireland: Polarisation or Normalisation?; R.Wilson & R.Wilford Answering the English Question; A.Harding , R.Hazell , M.Burch & J.Rees The Future of Britishness; A.Aughey PART II: THE CENTRAL STATE The Judiciary; A.Le Sueur & K.Malleson Whitehall; S.L.Greer The Future of the Monarchy: The Reign of King Charles III; R.M.Morris PART III: NEW FORMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY The New Human Rights Culture; C.O'Cinneide Downward Slope? FOI and Access to Information; M.Glover & S.Holsen Watchdogs of the Constitution – the Biters Bit?; O.Gay & B.K.Winetrobe Media Pressures on Politics; P.Riddell PART IV: REPRESENTATION Majoritarianism under Pressure: The Electoral and Party Systems; A.Blau Whither The Parties?; J.Fisher Parliament: Emasculated or Emancipated?; M.Russell Conclusion; R.Hazell
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