Devolution: Reading
Types of State (Federal and Unitary)
D. Caramani (ed.) Comparative Politics 2nd Edition (2011) Ch 11
John Gerring, Strom C. Thacker and Carola Moreno, 'Are federal systems better than unitary
systems?' [Link]
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R. Hague & M. Harrop Comparative Government and Politics, 8th edition (2010) Ch. 14.
A. Heywood Politics, 3rd edition (2007) Ch. 8
Pietro S. Nivola, 'Why federalism
matters' [Link]
Harold Meyerson, 'Fed up with federalism' [Link]
National Devolution
A very useful collection of essays focused on the implications of the independence
referendum in Scotland can be found in :The Political Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 2 (2015)
P. Caimey and N. McGarvey, Scottish Politics (London: Palgrave, 2013). An extremely useful
textbook (read selectively).
P. Joyce An Introduction to Politics (1999) Chs. 16 and17
P. Lynch, ‘Governing Devolution: Understanding the Office of First Ministers in Scotland and
Wales’, Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 59, No. 3 (2006). Pp. 420-36.
J. Mitchell, Devolution in the United Kingdom (Manchester, Manchester Unversity Press,
2012).
Various ‘Devolution and Decentralisation in the UK’ in Public Policy and Administration Vol.
15 No. 2, Summer 2000
Regional Devolution
J. Bradbury, The Political Dynamics of Sub-State Regionalisation’, British Journal of Politics
and International Relations, Vol. 5, No. 4 (2003), pp. 543-75.
J. Bradbury & J. Mitchell ‘Devolution and Territorial Politics’ in Parliamentary Affairs Vol. 55
No. 2, April 2002.
J. Bradbury & J. Mitchell ‘Devolution: New Politics for Old?’ in Parliamentary Affairs Vol. 54
No 2, April 2000
J. Fenwick and H. Elcock, ‘Elected mayors: Leading Locally?’, Local Government Studies, Vol.
40, No 4 (2014), pp. 581-99.
N. Lee, ‘Powerhouse of Cards? Understanding the Northern Powerhous’, Regional Studies,
Vol. 51. No 3, pp 478-89.
T. Travers, The Politics of London (London: Palgrave, 2003). Read selectively. This is a good
evaluation of governance of London, however.