Uniquely Scottish? Placing Scottish Devolution in Theoretical Perspective

Sylvia A R Tijmstra
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Sylvia A R Tijmstra: Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, England

Environment and Planning C, 2009, vol. 27, issue 4, 732-746

Abstract: This existing literature on the Scottish devolution process tends to stress the unique aspects of the case. I make a contribution to this literature by placing the insights that have emerged in case-study research within the context of more general theorising. Combining concepts found in the literature on political legitimacy with intuitions derived from veto player theory, I provide a structured and theoretically grounded framework of devolution decisions and nondecisions. This approach helps to place the process that eventually led to the creation of a Scottish Parliament in a wider context.

Date: 2009
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