Debating nationhood and governance in Britain, 18851939

Perspectives from the 'four nations'

By: Duncan Tanner (Editor), Chris Williams (Editor), Andrew Edwards (Editor), W.P. Griffith (Editor)

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Hardcover | 2 January 2007

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This book is the first in-depth study of the debates over devolution in the four nations of the UK in the period up to 1939. It explores divergent trends and attitudes towards the principle of devolution at both local and national (UK) levels, explains the limitations of devolution as a political ideal and the inherent contradictions in the debates over devolution which were unresolvable in the period under study.

The book also demonstrates the enduring potency of an all-British context and of the influence and power of those who wished to defend the status quo. It investigates the role of national - and Imperial - identities in the debates over devolution, highlighting the continuing value and importance of 'Britishness' and British identity as vital factors in moulding popular opinion and support for established systems of governance. In so doing, the book offers fresh perspectives on the development of nationalisms in the 'Celtic fringe' during this period and demonstrates the problems and limitations of such identities as ways of mobilizing political opposition. -- .

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History European History British & Irish History Politics & Government Political Structure & Processes Public Administration Central Government Political Ideologies & Movements Nationalism

Introduction: Devolution, identity and British politics
Imperfect Examples: Ireland, Scotland and Devolved Governance
Scotland and Devolution, 1880-1945
A Place Apart? Ulster, Britain and Devolution, 1886-1939
Irish Home Rule as devolutionary paradigm, 1914-39
Unfinished Business: Devolution in Wales 1885-1945
Devolutionist Tendencies in Wales, 1885-1914
Some Conceptions of Welsh National Identity and Governance, 1918-39
The Dilemmas of Nation and Class in Wales, 1914-45
Opposition and Alternatives: Britain, the Empire and the Constitution
Devolution, Federalism and Imperial Circuitry: Ireland, South Africa and India
Conservatives, 'Englishness' and 'Civic Nationalism' between the Wars
The Government of London
How Devolution Died: The British Labour party's constitutional
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