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Devolution In Context: Regional Federal & Devolved Government In The EU [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 388 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 620 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 24-Feb-2006
  • Kirjastus: Routledge Cavendish
  • ISBN-10: 1859416373
  • ISBN-13: 9781859416372
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  • ISBN-10: 1859416373
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"Devolution in Context" represents the first work of comparative public law to study Western Europe's revolution in regional governance. Working from a cross-disciplinary perspective, this comprehensive analysis attempts to weave history, politics and law into a coherent examination of the various structures of regional government. It examines the theory and practice that underpin Europe's regional revolution and the systems of regional government that developed as a result. Devolution in the UK is placed within its true European context by comparing key aspects of the regional structures, including financial autonomy, the role of the courts and the relationship with the European Union. The text is designed to provide the primary source and reference point for the study of regional and federal systems in the European Union. It provides an accessible resource for researchers and those interested in understanding the structures of European regional government. Suitable for undergraduates and postgraduate students studying federal and regional systems of governance, "Devolution in Context" is a useful reference point for students of European, and British, Constitutional Law and Politics.

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'This book places UK devolution within the broader context of decentralization within EU countries generally. It draws widely on both law and political science materials. It is well written and well edited... The book provides an invaluable, readable introduction to constitutional problems of the relationships between UK devolution and UK membership of the EU'.European Public Law, Volume 10, Issue 3

Acknowledgments vii
Table of Cases
xiii
Table of Legislation
xv
Introduction xxi
PART 1 THE THEORY OF REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
The Region in a Nation-State World
3(14)
The legitimacy of the nation-state
4(10)
Soft borders and the regional alternative
14(3)
Rationalising Regionalism
17(22)
Definitions and difficulties
17(8)
Regionalism, decentralisation and democracy
25(12)
A rationale for regions
37(2)
The Regional Revolution
39(18)
Regional government and the defence of democracy
40(4)
The `rise' of regional identity
44(4)
Functional regionalism
48(4)
Conclusion: the consequences of the regional revolution
52(5)
PART 2 THE PRACTICE OF REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
Europe's Federations
57(44)
The Belgian federation
57(20)
The Federal Republic of Germany
77(16)
Austria
93(6)
Are the federations different?
99(2)
The Constitutional Regions of the European Union
101(36)
Italy
101(13)
Portugal
114(6)
Spain
120(12)
Finland: the Aland islands
132(4)
The constitutional regions: federations in the making?
136(1)
Regions as Local Government
137(28)
France
137(12)
Scandinavian forms of regional government
149(9)
The Netherlands
158(4)
Are local government regions really regions?
162(3)
Devolution in Context: Regional Government in the UK
165(20)
The devolution process
167(3)
The institutions of the devolved state
170(8)
Devolved responsibilities
178(3)
Devolution in context
181(4)
PART 3 COMPARING REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
Beyond the Borders: Regional Governments and International Relations
185(26)
Resolving the `international question'
187(5)
International agreements
192(4)
Regional government and the European Union
196(12)
A Europe of regions?
208(3)
Paying the Piper: Financing Regional Government
211(34)
Independent regional finance and regional autonomy
213(7)
Block funding
220(11)
Borrowing
231(9)
Specific funding
240(3)
Financing devolution
243(2)
What Have the Regions Done for us? Functional Autonomy at the Regional Tier
245(22)
Common regional policy areas
245(3)
Legislative autonomy v administrative autonomy
248(2)
General competencies and subsidiarity clauses
250(3)
Vertical and horizontal regionalism
253(3)
Concurrent and shared powers
256(8)
Conclusions: regional autonomy and co-operative federalism
264(3)
The Countervailing Power? Regions and National Policy Making
267(22)
Regional second chambers
270(9)
Regional conferences
279(8)
Muddling through? Intergovernmental relations in the UK
287(2)
Dispute Resolution and Constitutional Arbitration
289(20)
The legal frameworks
291(10)
The political context
301(8)
A Europe with Regions?
309(26)
Regional autonomy in the European Union
309(6)
Collective influence or regional autonomy?
315(2)
The rise of regional executives
317(2)
Regional autonomy or recentralisation?
319(6)
A regional alternative to the nation-state?
325(6)
Devolution and the `third level'
331(4)
Bibliography 335(14)
Index 349
By John Hopkins, BA, PhD, Lecturer in Law at the University of Hulln and Deputy Director of the Institute of European Law.