Devolution and Power in the United Kingdom

List of figures and tables vii List of contributors ix Acknowledgements xi Editor's note xiii Introduction: territory, devolution and power in the United Kingdom 1(23) Alan Trench The United Kingdom as a state of unions: unity of government, equality of political rights and diversity of institutions 24(24) James Mitchell The framework of devolution: the formal structure of devolved power 48(25) Alan Trench Funding devolution: the power of money 73(13) David Bell Alex Christie The politics of devolution finance and the power of the Treasury 86(27) Alan Trench The practical outcomes of devolution: policy-making across the UK 113(23) Alan Trench Holly Jarman The fragile divergence machine: citizenship, policy divergence and devolution in health policy 136(24) Scott L. Greer Washing dirty linen in private: the processes of intergovernmental relations and the resolution of disputes 160(38) Alan Trench The parties and intergovernmental relations 198(20) Martin Laffin Eric Shaw Gerald Taylor The European Union, devolution and power 218(21) Charlie Jeffery Rosanne Palmer The United Kingdom as a federalised or regionalised union 239(30) Ronald Watts Conclusion: devolution and the territorial distribution of power in the UK 269(20) Alan Trench Bibliography 289(20) Index 309