{"product_id":"devolution-of-power-to-scotland-peter-raina-9781803742502","title":"Devolution of Power to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: The Inner History: Tony Blair's Cabinet Papers, 1997 Volume One, Devolution in Scotland a","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1987 Tony Blair's New Labour won a landslide victory in the British elections. To show it meant business, the new government immediately embarked on a major legislative programme, granting devolution to the outlying  Regions  joined with England in the UK. The cabinet papers concerned with this initiative have just been released, and Peter Raina is publishing them, with brief commentaries, in two volumes. This one concerns Scotland and Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe papers show just how much interdepartmental work was involved in this comparatively modest exercise, and how dependent ministers were on the Civil Service and their legal teams. They also raise questions which have recently been much amplified. The drive for devolution had contradictory aims - to offer more self-sufficiency and foster development; but also to take the sting out of nationalist movements, so as to preserve the Union. Readers can judge how democratic and how fruitful the scheme really was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Raina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 180374250X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803742502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.56d","brand":"Peter Raina","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46136164221183,"sku":"9781803742502","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86409521-f385-46c8-9fb1-d64b34451305.jpg?v=1726415873","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/devolution-of-power-to-scotland-peter-raina-9781803742502","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}