Expectations, Assumptions and Realities: Scottish Local Government Post-Devolution
This article reviews developments in Scottish local government post-devolution. In doing so it outlines some expectations, assumptions and realities about local government in Scotland. Three assumptions are examined and rejected: 1999 was ‘Year Zero’ for Scottish local government; central–local rela...
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Published in | British journal of politics & international relations Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 153 - 174 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.02.2012
SAGE Publications |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | This article reviews developments in Scottish local government post-devolution. In doing so it outlines some expectations, assumptions and realities about local government in Scotland. Three assumptions are examined and rejected: 1999 was ‘Year Zero’ for Scottish local government; central–local relations are characterised by a cohesive centre versus a cohesive locality; central–local relations in Scotland are nothing more than a fuzzy microcosm of central–local relations in England. The article argues that Scotland increasingly offers a different ‘story’ of central–local government relations with pre-existing differences accentuating in the context of minority government, different processes of governance and attitudes to the welfare state. |
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ISSN: | 1369-1481 1467-856X |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2011.00464.x |