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Anderson, P (2022) Plurinationalism, Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations in the United Kingdom. In: Fessha, Y, Kossler, K and Palermo, F, (eds.) Intergovernmental Relations in Divided Societies. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 91-112. ISBN 978-3-030-88787-2
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Abstract
This chapter examines the evolution of intergovernmental relations (IGR) in the United Kingdom (UK). Infrastructure to facilitate relations, specifically communication and cooperation, between the UK and devolved governments was established after the creation of devolved legislatures and executives in the late 1990s. At the apex of the UK’s IGR machinery is the Joint Ministerial Committee, a set of committees that brings together ministers from the devolved and UK governments. In general, however, IGR have tended to be informal, and the efficacy of multilateral fora has been repeatedly called into question. Intergovernmental interaction has become much more challenging in the aftermath of the 2016 vote to leave the European Union and has precipitated calls for an overhaul of extant processes and structures. Unpacking the experience of IGR in the UK, this chapter examines the different processes and structures implemented to facilitate intergovernmental interaction and analyses how this has functioned in the two decades since devolved institutions were established. The analysis shows that the ad hoc, under-institutionalised and hierarchical nature of UK IGR renders it a weak tool of territorial management, and existing machinery is in urgent need of substantive reform.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Divisions: | Humanities & Social Science |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2022 12:25 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2024 00:50 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1007/978-3-030-88785-8 |
| Editors: | Fessha, Y, Kossler, K and Palermo, F |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16076 |
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