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22%OFFArthur Aughey - Nationalism, Devolution and the Challenge to the United Kingdom State - 9780745315218 - V9780745315218
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Nationalism, Devolution and the Challenge to the United Kingdom State

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Description for Nationalism, Devolution and the Challenge to the United Kingdom State Paperback. Assesses the changing character of the United Kingdom, and examines the meaning of the Union in the context of New Labour and devolution. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPFN; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
With the advent of devolution, it is clear that the British Constitution is currently undergoing a period of dynamic transformation. England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales were slowly united by conquest and treaty over the last 300 years, a unity which was only broken by the 1922 agreement that split Ireland in two. The last 50 years have seen the collapse of empire, and while the pull of local nationalism within the United Kingdom continues to strengthen, integrative narratives of Britishness weaken.

In this insightful book, Arthur Aughey outlines the changing character of the United Kingdom polity, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745315218
SKU
V9780745315218
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About Arthur Aughey
Arthur Aughey is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Ulster. He is a member of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, the Northern Ireland Cultural Diversity Committee and Executive Committee Member of the Irish Association. His most recently published work is Northern Ireland Politics, edited with Duncan Morrow (Longman, 1996).

Reviews for Nationalism, Devolution and the Challenge to the United Kingdom State
'Logically structured, convincingly argued, and richly exemplified. An important contribution to the debate about the future of Britain'
Ethnopolitics

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