TY - BOOK AU - Schütze,Robert AU - Tierney,Stephen TI - The United Kingdom and the federal idea SN - 9781509907175 U1 - 342.42041 PY - 2018/// CY - Oxford PB - Hart KW - Federal government KW - Great Britain KW - Decentralisation in government KW - Supranationalism KW - Sovereignty KW - Politics and government N1 - "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"?; Robert Schütze; 1. The failure of British and Irish federalism, circa 1800-1950 /; Alvin Jackson; 2. Parliamentary sovereignty, federalism and the commonwealth; Peter C Oliver; 3. Shared rule : what the UK could learn from federalism /; Adam Tomkins; 4. Drifting towards federalism? Appraising the constitution in light of the Scotland Act 2016 and Wales Act 2017; Stephen Tierney; 5. Devolution and secession in comparative perspective : the case of Spain and Italy /; Barbara Guastaferro and Lucía Payero; 6. The UK's reluctant relationship with the EU : integration, equivocation or disintegration?; Jo Eric Khushal Murkens; 7. Britain and the European Union : federalism and differentiation; Sionaidh Douglas-Scott; 8. Federal dynamics of the UK/Strasbourg relationship; Roger Masterman; 9. The UK's status in the WTO post-Brexit; Lorand Bartels; 10. A willing international federalist? : the UK's pivotal role within the United Nations; Nigel D White; Conclusion : we have always been federal /; David Armitage ER -