TY - BOOK AU - Mitchell,James TI - Devolution in the UK SN - 9780719053580 (hbk.) U1 - 320.941 PY - 2009/// CY - Manchester, New York PB - Manchester University Press KW - Decentralization in government KW - Great Britain KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century KW - 1997-2007 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-249) and index; Constituting the UK -- Approaching to Arch-angelic: administrative devolution in Scotland -- Staggering forward little by little: administrative devolution in Wales -- Encouraging conformity, not emphasizing differences: Northern Ireland -- A chaos of areas and bodies: the English dimension -- The settled will of the Scottish peole -- Devolution is a process: Wales -- In search of legitimacy: Northern Ireland since 1972 -- The English question -- Ever looser union ER -