Comparing Devolved Governance

· Springer
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277
Pages

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Examines recent evidence of a growing symmetry in the operation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This book makes one of the first systematic and detailed comparisons of the operation of the devolved institutions and machinery of governance. It uses a comparative approach to explore the key workings of government.

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About the author

DEREK BIRRELL Professor of Social Policy in the School of Criminology, Politics and Social Policy, University of Ulster, UK. He was the former Head of the School of Social and Community Sciences, and subsequently the School of Policy Studies. He is the author of the recent books The Impact of Devolution on Social Policy (2009) and Direct Rule and the Governance of Northern Ireland (2009)

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