Devolution of Power to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:The Inner History: Tony Blair�s Cabinet Papers, 1997 Volume One, Devolution in Scotland and Wales

In 1987 Tony Blair�s New Labour won a landslide victory in the British elections.To show it meant business, the new government immediately embarked on a major legislative programme, granting devolution to the outlying �Regions� joined with England in the UK. The cabinet papers concerned with this initiative have just been released, and Peter Raina is publishing them, with brief commentaries, in two volumes. This one concerns Scotland and Wales. The papers show just how much interdepartmental work was involved in this comparatively modest exercise, and how dependent ministers were on the Civil Service and their legal teams. They also raise questions which have recently been much amplified. The drive for devolution had contradictory aims � to offer moreudge how democratic and how fruitful the scheme really was. Additional ISBNs 9781803742526Devolution of Power to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:The Inner History: Tony Blair�s Cabinet Papers, 1997 Volume One, Devolution in Scotland and Wales 1st Edition is written by Peter Raina and published by Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers. ISBNs for Devolution of Power to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:The Inner History are 9781803742519, 1803742518 and the print ISBNs are 9781803742502, 180374250X. Additional ISBNs include 9781803742526.