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Nationalism, Devolution and the Challenge to the United Kingdom State

Name: Nationalism, Devolution and the Challenge to the United Kingdom State
Author: Arthur Aughey
ISBN: 9780745315218

by Arthur Aughey

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Overview

The British Constitution is undergoing a period of dynamic transformation. England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales were slowly united by conquest and treaty over the last 300 years, a unity which was only broken by the 1922 agreement that split Ireland in two. With the collapse of empire over the last 50 years, the pull of local nationalism within the United Kingdom has strengthened while the integrative narratives of Britishness have weakened.

In this insightful book, Arthur Aughey outlines the changing character of the United Kingdom polity, and examines the developing debate about the meaning of the Union in the context of New Labour/New Britain. In a systematic survey of historical, theoretical and political reflection on the nature of Britishness, he questions what the Union once was, what it means now and what it might become, taking into account the challenge posed by internal divisions along with the problems posed by European integration and globalization.