British Regionalism and Devolution - 9781138160149

Taylor & Francis

British Regionalism and DevolutionThe Challenges of State Reform and European Integration\nAuthor(s): Jonathan Bradbury, John Mawson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138160149, 978-1138160149\nSynopsis\nThis contributors provide a range of perspectives on the increasingly central issues of state reform, European integration and British regionalism in the 1990s. Using case material, the contributors examine: the effects of state reform and European integration on British regionalism and the devolution debate; and the nature of recent central responses to the re-emergence of regional and devolution issues, with a particular focus on the recent policies of the Major governments and the policies of the Opposition parties.\nThey also present some evidence which suggests that state reform and EC/EU developments have determined and accentuated important new trends in British regionalism, and underpin the plausibility of.