The Uneven Path of UK Devolution: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Regionalism in England - Cornwall and the North-East Compared.
Within the context of the devolution process in England, Cornwall and the North- East stand out in contrasting comparison. The North- East was given the opportunity to vote for a regional assembly, which it rejected in 2004, while the strong popular movement for an assembly in Cornwall was ignored b...
| Publicado en: | Political Studies Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 343 - 361 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2014
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=95715106&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 95715106 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00323217 PSZ jtl: Political Studies issn: 00323217 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jun2014 vid: 62 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 95715106 10.1111/1467-9248.12030 ppf: 343 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P db: hlh ui: 95715106 tig: atl: The Uneven Path of UK Devolution: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Regionalism in England - Cornwall and the North-East Compared. aug: au: Willett, Joanie Giovannini, Arianna affil: University of Exeter Leeds Metropolitan University su: United Kingdom Cornwall (England : County) North East England Labour Party (Great Britain) Regionalism Representative government Elections Decentralization in government 21st century British history British history Regional identity (Psychology) British politics & government, 1997-2007 British politics & government, 2007- sug: subj: Regionalism Representative government Elections United Kingdom Cornwall (England : County) North East England Labour Party (Great Britain) Decentralization in government 21st century British history British history Regional identity (Psychology) British politics & government, 1997-2007 British politics & government, 2007- keyword: assembly campaigns devolution New Labour regional identity regionalism assembly campaigns devolution New Labour regional identity regionalism ab: Within the context of the devolution process in England, Cornwall and the North- East stand out in contrasting comparison. The North- East was given the opportunity to vote for a regional assembly, which it rejected in 2004, while the strong popular movement for an assembly in Cornwall was ignored by central government. This is reflected in the literature on the English question and regionalism in the UK, which focuses on the example of the North- East, and largely overlooks the grassroots support in Cornwall and the opportunities for understanding regionalism that this could provide. In this article, we explore why this might be the case, developing a comparison between the two areas in the context of the campaigns for setting up directly elected assemblies. We look at the territorial status of the two areas, how the respective campaigns were organised, the types of group involved, the motives that were driving activists, and each region's political significance to Labour. We find central control of the political agenda to be a key issue behind the failure of English regionalism. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|