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The United Kingdom and the federal idea /

The United Kingdom and the federal idea / edited by Robert Schütze and Stephen Tierney. - xxii, 304 pages

"This edited collection ... originates in a workshop organised at Durham in late 2015, which was kindly supported by the European Research Council."-- Preface, pages v and vi.

Introduction : "British federalism"? / 1. The failure of British and Irish federalism, circa 1800-1950 / 2. Parliamentary sovereignty, federalism and the commonwealth / 3. Shared rule : what the UK could learn from federalism / 4. Drifting towards federalism? Appraising the constitution in light of the Scotland Act 2016 and Wales Act 2017 / 5. Devolution and secession in comparative perspective : the case of Spain and Italy / 6. The UK's reluctant relationship with the EU : integration, equivocation or disintegration? / 7. Britain and the European Union : federalism and differentiation / 8. Federal dynamics of the UK/Strasbourg relationship / 9. The UK's status in the WTO post-Brexit / 10. A willing international federalist? : the UK's pivotal role within the United Nations / Conclusion : we have always been federal / Robert Schütze. Alvin Jackson. Peter C Oliver. Adam Tomkins. Stephen Tierney Barbara Guastaferro and Lucía Payero. Jo Eric Khushal Murkens. Sionaidh Douglas-Scott. Roger Masterman. Lorand Bartels. Nigel D White. David Armitage.

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Federal government--Great Britain.
Decentralisation in government--Great Britain.
Supranationalism--Great Britain.
Sovereignty.


Great Britain--Politics and government.

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