British Regionalism and Devolution : The Challenges of State Reform and Europen Integration

Using the case material, the contributors examine the effects of state reform and European integration on British regionalism and the devolution debate and the nature of recent central responses to the re-emergence of regional and devolution issues, with as particular focus on the recent politics of the Major governments and the policies of Opposition parties. They also present some evidence which suggests that state reform and EC/EU developments have determined and accentuated important new trends in British regionalism, and underpin the plausibility of far-reaching regional devolution reforms.