Title: Devolution in the UK, by James Mitchell. * United Kingdom: The Impact of Devolution on Social Policy, by Derek Birrell.
Abstract: Devolution, other than constitutional, refers to the legislature of a superior government transferring one or more of its powers to inferior governments. There are three types of devolution: legislative, executive, and administrative. The first type is the most important. Executive power devolution allows the executive of an inferior unit to make an executive decision(s). Administrative devolution allows an inferior tier unit(s) to administer a program(s) previously administered by the general government. Mitchell, a professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, builds upon his previous devolution studies that concluded the UK is not a unitary state, but a union state. He focuses on the evolution of the union with particular emphasis upon the twentieth century, and formal and informal institutions. He refers to England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales as “the component nations” of the UK that “owe far more to past practice and the informal customary constitution than is often appreciated” (pp. 13, 15).
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-11-14
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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