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Zusatztext there are three mysteries about the transformation of the UK. What does the Prime Minister think he is doing? Why doesn't the British media hold constitutional reform to be important enough to demand an answer to this question? And why don't "the people" care? Any overview of the reforms now under way, such as Constitutional Futures, the aptly timed, keynote publication of the Constitution Unit, should be judged in the first instance on how well it addresses these puzzling questions. Informationen zum Autor Robert Hazell is Professor of Government and the Constitution and Director of the Constitution Unit in the School of Public Policy, University College, London Klappentext This is the first book about constitutional reform which sets out to forecast what the UK's constitution will look like in ten years time. Starting with the eleven constitutional Bills passed in 1997-98, the book analyzes how these will affect the UK's constitutional structure, and examines in detail the further reforms that will be required to ensure that the new constitutional settlement beds down. Zusammenfassung This title about constitutional reform sets out to forecast what the UK's constitution will look like in ten years time. Starting with the 11 constitutional Bills passed in 1997-98, the book analyses how these will affect the UK's constitutional structure, and examines in detail the further reforms that will be required. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors Foreword 1: Introduction 2: The Shape of Things to Come: What Will the UK Constitution Look Like in the Early 21st Century? 3: A Rolling Programme of Devolution: Slippery Slope or Safeguard of the Union? 4: British Constitutional Reform and the Relationship with Europe 5: Constitutionalism, Regulation and Review 6: Fragmentation in the Party and Political Systems 7: Westminster: Squeezed From Above and Below 8: Machinery of Government: Whitehall 9: Intergovernmental Relations in a Devolved United Kingdom: Making Devolution Work 10: The Environment and Constitutional Change 11: Case Study- Financing Devolution, the Centre Retains Control 12: Citizenship 13: The New Constitutional Settlement Further Reading Index ...
