...This chapter assesses some of the plausible triggers that could start a process of societal devolution. The danger areas to worry about include downturns in the Mensch cycle, ecological disasters, landlessness-based violence, and increase in patriarchy. Downturns in Mensch cycles are inevitable...

... Nortthern Elders Forum NEF Western Nigeria Security Network WNSN Boko Haram sect national security decentralization devolution democracy federalism Nigeria restructuring Nigeria’s return to democracy on May 29, 1999 marked the advent of its Fourth Republic. The political transition from...

...The devolution of policies to the English regions is a key Government strategy for addressing geographical uneven development. Using Greater Manchester, the Government’s flagship devolution initiative, the chapter analyses the implementation of welfare reforms in Greater Manchester, arguing...

..., and decolonization found expression in Anglican mission in sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, it looks at how the Anglican missionary commitment to indigenization played out in government and society, education and knowledge production, ritual and spirituality, political dissent, and devolution—often in unexpected...

... difficult consequences—many of them wholly unforeseen—for the working of the human rights settlement so far. To talk now of whether and, if so, how to superimpose a new form of UK or British Bill of Rights revives these questions of compatibility between the human rights and devolution regimes. Some...

...This chapter examines the constitutional foundations of adjudication on ‘devolution issues’ and the role and character of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. It argues that the 1998 devolution Acts caused a lack of clarity and confusion at the apex of the UK's legal systems...

... 20 47 31 14 23 35 26 61 Conflicts of authority(conflicto positivo de competencias) 49 96 32 10 5 13 16 13 10 This chapter shares some thoughts and experiences on devolution of powers or, as referred to in Spain, decentralization...

... the Batchewana Indian Band and Her Majesty the Queen Commission First Nations Canada devolution health services Health Canada resource allocation jurisdictional divides staffing governance The colonization of what is now known as Canada, first by France in the early 1500, and then by Britain in 1759...

...This chapter describes the historical basis of public health, its impact on current structures, and relationships between public health and primary care. It reviews recent policies in England which have contributed to shaping modern public health practice, recognizing that devolution has led...

... devolution. It then provides an overview of public health reforms arising from the 2012 Health and Social Care Act in England, where a new national body, Public Health England, has been created and responsibilities at the local level have been transferred from NHS bodies to local government. The authors...

... was operating, increased pressure on the NAO. There were concerns about a growing political dimension in some of the fields that the NAO was examining. Further, the consequences of devolution of financial and audit responsibilities to Scotland and Wales needed to be examined, as would implications...

... some of the pressures that threaten the territorial integrity of the UK. devolution subsidiarity constitutions MacCormick N British Empire federalism European Union Brexit Colley L federalism devolution subsidiarity national self-determination national groups Regionalisation of state power...

... is surveyed, the devolution settlement is considered, and the chapter concludes by reflecting on the capacity of Northern Ireland to exit the Union. Northern Ireland’s constitutional settlement is the product of long negotiations between conflicting parties, and is an example of a consociational...

... on Human Rights Interception of Communications Act 1985 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Human Rights Act 1998 A v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2004 Conservative Government 2015– Johnson B Truss L British Empire citizenship devolution England European Union Ireland...

...There was little support in any Scottish newspapers for any more devolution of power from Westminster than the creation of mechanisms that would allow Scottish parliamentary business to be dealt with more speedily. Much attention was devoted to distinctive educational reform both at school...

... with the tradition of laissez-faire regarding Burns’s memory-making. Yet post-devolution unity rapidly faded after Alex Salmond and the SNP won an absolute majority at the 2011 Scottish election, thus paving the way for a referendum on Scottish independence in September 2014. Relying on a broad...

... pandemic. It defines adult social care and gives an overview of the devolution settlements in the four nations. It sets out the method for the interviews and document analysis that are drawn on in the rest of the book, and summarises the chapters that follow. Brexit 2016 Building the National Care Service...

...-production. In Northern Ireland, the crisis of the state has had a very distinctive hue, and some of the work of reforming social care has been about detoxifying the state. In England, the market continues to be dominant, although a role for community in prevention is recognised. devolution Keating et al...

... breakthrough in Scottish local government. Bannerman J later Lord devolution for Scotland Donaldson C Grimond J Hanham H J Johnston Sir R later Lord Mackie G Steel David Lord Steel J Gardner L Heath E Lubbock E McEwen R Murray R K Preston P Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles by lection 1965 Scottish...

... shaping the evolution and form of New Labour's rural agenda, and assesses the impact of specific policies. Chapters examine discursive restructuring of the rural policy agenda; the institutional reforms and effects of devolution; the key political debates and challenges around hunting, agricultural reform...