20yearsdevolution
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What’s the point of devolved international development programmes? Thoughts from Wales
In their contribution to our series on devolution at twenty, Craig Owen and Susie Ventris-Field of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs reflect on the Welsh approa
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Local Government: Time to Ditch the Whitehall Model?
In his contribution to the devolution at twenty series, Neil McGarvey of the University of Strathclyde examines the effect of devolution on local government, arguing that it is time for change.
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Devolution at Twenty: Embedding a New Constitutional Paradigm
As the Scottish Parliament returns from recess, Aileen McHarg of Durham University analyses the constitutional logic of Scottish devolution.
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Devolving welfare: Creating a velvet glove or dismantling the iron fist?
In her contribution to our series on devolution at twenty, Dr Hayley Bennett highlights the importance of examining both policy ideas and implementation approaches for devolved social securit
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The evolving civil service
When devolution started, the civil service was not fully let go by the UK Government.
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Education and the Scottish Parliament
Education was always destined to be at the heart of the Scottish Parliament’s activities.
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Social Justice in Devolution: A Scottish vision of social justice
In her first contribution to the twenty years of devolution series, Professor Kirstein Rummery (University of Stirling) explores social justice in Scotland in light of devolution.
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Scottish Parliament at 20: what does the future hold?
In this week's instalment of our Twenty Years of Devolution blog series CCC Co-director Professor Nicola McEwen looks at how Brexit in particular will shape the Scottish Parliament's future.
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The rise of the ‘others’: 20 years after devolution, a new middle ground in Northern Irish politics?
Jonathan Evershed (University College Cork) looks at the recent success of middle ground parties in Northern Ireland.
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Has Devolution Lived up to its Promise?
In this week’s instalment of our series on devolution at twenty, CCC Director Professor Michael Keating asks whether devolution has fulfilled its promise?