Michael Keating
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 270644 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michael Keating |
| PRENOMES | Michael |
| SOBRENOME | Keating |
| ASSINATURA | KEATING M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Aberdeen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4008-9893 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 161 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1108 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 151 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 12 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1967 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 18 |
Nationalising Human Rights
Human rights are universal but have historically been realised within the framework of the nation state. In recent decades, they have been articulated also at the supranational and sub-state levels. Both state nationalisms and sub-state nationalist movements have used human rights in order to establish legitimacy and liberal democratic tensions. In the United Kingdom, British nationalists have attacked the European Convention on Human Rights (ECH…
Security, Cooperation, Governance
Journal Article Security, Cooperation, Governance: The Canada–United States Open Border Paradox, Edited by Christian Leuprecht and Todd Hataley Get access Security, Cooperation, Governance: The Canada–United States Open Border Paradox, edited by Christian Leuprecht Todd Hataley. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2023. 354 pp. $29.95 paperback, and Open Access. Michael Keating Michael Keating University of Aberdeen, UK Corresponding author:…
Whatever Happened to the Policy Power House? Public Policy after Devolution
Scottish devolution built on an existing structure of administrative devolution around the Scottish Office. The architects of devolution gave a lot of attention to the design of the Scottish Parliament but less to policy-making and delivery. Much of the policy capacity built up since the 1960s had been run down under Conservative governments after 1979. The new Scottish institutions faced a number of institutional, economic and political constrai…
Erskine of Marr
The Making of the Celt. Ethnogenesis, Culture and Politics in the Atlantic Arc
The theme of Celts and Celticism has attracted fierce controversy over more than two centuries. Passing over the question of ancient origins, this article places the birth of Celticism in the modern period, in line with current understandings of nationalism. Examining the construction of the Celt in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Galicia and Cornwall, it traces a movement from culture into politics in the course of the nineteenth century. Po…
The Problem of Governing
Regulation in Scotland and Wales after Brexit
While the United Kingdom was a member of the EU, a number of regulatory competences were shared between the EU and devolved authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. As Northern Ireland is governed by the Protocol, which requires dynamic alignment with most EU regulations, it is a case apart and this article deals only with Scotland and Wales. Where repatriated competences should go after Brexit has been a matter of political contentio…
Public Policy to Reduce Inequalities across Europe
There is a broad consensus across European states and the EU that social and economic inequality is a problem that needs to be addressed. Yet inequality policy is notoriously complex and contested. This book approaches the issue from two linked perspectives. First, a focus on functional requirements highlights what policymakers think they need to deliver policy successfully, and the gap between their requirements and reality. We identify this gap…
Between two unions
The UK in recent decades has been the site of radical reform in governing structures. There has been privatization, welfare retrenchment and repeated managerial reform. Redistributive regional policies have been run down. Devolved institutions have been established in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but the territorial governance of England remains unresolved. The nature of the territorial state remains disputed as some see it as a continui…
Exploring Sovereignty in Scotland
It is often said that sovereignty is ever less meaningful in the modern world. Yet, sovereignty claims continue to proliferate. There are two elements: the subject of self‐determination (sovereignty) claims and the object . Scottish independence and Brexit are two examples, yet they differ in important ways. Brexit postulates that the British people are the subject and complete sovereignty is the object. The Scottish independence movement claims …
Taking back control? Brexit and the territorial constitution of the United Kingdom
State and Nation in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is not a nation-state but a political union. It was formed by the coming together, over centuries, of territories which retained their own national identities and institutions. Key questions of demos (the people), telos (the purpose of union), ethos (binding values) and the locus of sovereignty were never definitively resolved. Since 1999, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have had their own self-governing institutions withi…
Inequalities, territorial politics, nationalism
Since the Global Financial Crisis, European countries have faced economic stagnation, rising inequalities, worsening social conditions and strains on public services. The capacity of nation-states to combine economic growth with social cohesion has declined and domestic social compromises have been undermined. Attachments to the nation-state have in many places weakened, while in other places there is a return to the interventionist nation-state …
Questions of Sovereignty
The issue of sovereignty has never been resolved in Scotland. The 1998 Scotland Act, creating the Scottish Parliament affirmed that the Westminster Parliament is sovereign, but this is disputed. In practice, the issue was left largely in abeyance as sovereignty was seen as an outdated concept. The Scottish independence referendum of 2014 and the UK Brexit referendum of 2016 both brought back the question of sovereignty in stark terms. Analysis of…
The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics
Politics in Scotland has changed massively in recent decades. Since 1999, there has been a devolved Parliament and Government. Scotland is of interest, not because of some essential difference from England but as a European nation, with its own history and society, within the larger union of the United Kingdom. Devolution, once a contested issue, is now broadly accepted. Since devolution, the party system and voting patterns have changed. Scotlan…
Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics
Beyond the nation-state
This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme of the European Commission [grant agreement number 726950]; and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) [grant number ES/H004645/1]
Hunting the snark
Professor John Agnew makes a convincing case for the meaninglessness of Brexit, a vain attempt to recreate a kind of nation-state that never existed. It is perhaps ironic that this project should have gained electoral success (if not practical reality) in the UK, where the unitary nation-state was only even an aspiration between 1945 and the 1970s
Rescaling Europe, rebounding territory
Social science long identified modernization with territorial integration and functional differentiation, but within territorially-bounded states. Globalization theories at the end of the Cold War projected this to the world level, with the ‘borderless world’. This is better conceptualized as a rescaling and selective rebounding of social systems at multiple levels, above, below and across the state system. This has posed again an old question ab…
Is a Theory of Self-determination Possible
The doctrine of self-determination has been problematic because of the difficulties in specifying the subject, which is classically the nation or people and the object, which is traditionally a territorially delimited sovereign state. Modern understandings in some ways make the problem more difficult. It is widely accepted that the nation is socially constructed and contested. The state is undergoing transformations and can no longer easily be de…
Fair Share
Time, space and methodological pluralism
The six papers in this issue cover a wide range of topics, but they do have a common theme. All address the methodological problems of incorporating time and space into social science analysis. Tim
Brexit and the Nations
The Central promise of the Brexit campaign was to ‘take back control’—to restore British sovereignty. Initially referring to parliamentary sovereignty, this rapidly morphed into the sovereignty of the British people, creating a binding mandate for withdrawal. That is an important move, but in both cases sovereignty was to be located in one place. This reflects the traditional ‘Westminster’ view of the United Kingdom as a unitary state in which co…
Boxing pandora. Rethinking borders, states, and secession in a democratic world
The right to secession has generated a massive literature in politics, philosophy and law without coming to any shared conclusions. Ivor Jennings famously declared that it made no sense because, be
Social citizenship in an age of welfare regionalism. The state of the social unions
Thirty Years of Territorial Politics
For many years, territorial politics was neglected in political science under the influence of a modernist paradigm according to which territory gives way to function as a principle of social and political organisation. In the last 30 years it has received more attention as territorial political movements have made an impact. This has provoked a reconsideration not just of the present but also of the past, as scholars have identified the persiste…
The politics of European union regional policy
Integration in the European Community/Union has progressed on three fronts: the creation of a common market; the development of common institutions; and the forging of common policies. Contrary to the expectations of early functionalist and neo‐functionalist observers, the three have not proceeded in concert. Market integration has progressed a long way, albeit in fits and starts. Institutional integration has lagged. Common policies have proved …
European Integration and the Nationalities Question
European integration questions the relationship between nation and state. It under-mines traditional sovereignty and weakens the need for statehood. Minority nationalist movements have in many cases adopted the European theme, adjusting their ideology and strategy accordingly. Some have used 'new regionalist' themes to construct new systems of action below and beyond the state. Europe provides opportunities for territorial movements and grants so…
Multi-Level Electoral Competition
Regionalization in the form of the creation of Autonomous Communities (ACs) has played a significant role in shaping the Spanish party system since the transition to democracy in 1977. Parties are divided into statewide parties, operating at both national and regional levels, and non-statewide parties. The latter have been most important in the historic nations of Catalonia, the Basque Country and Galicia. We can generally see autonomous election…
Renegotiating the State of Autonomies
The regional/national question is central to Spanish politics, where different conceptions of the state co-exist. The 1978 Constitution sets out different paths to autonomy, although the end point is similar. State-wide parties have sought to contain autonomy and to make regional statutes uniform. Territorial parties in the historic nationalities have sought to maintain a differential status, while other regions have sought to catch up, creating …
Stateless Nation‐Building
The reconfiguration of political space is bringing about new forms of territorial politics. The meanings of nationalism and the state are being transformed and new types of autonomist movement are emerging. These are often seen as a resurgence of ethnicity, or as attempts to recreate mini nation‐states fragmented from the existing ones. Mainstream political science tends to regard them negatively. It is argued that the resurgence of minority nati…
Policy convergence and divergence in Scotland under devolution
Keating M. (2005) Policy convergence and divergence in Scotland under devolution, Regional Studies 39 , 453—463. The scope for divergence of public policy between Scotland and the rest of the UK is constrained by institutional, political and contextual factors. The policy capacity of the Scottish Executive is limited but increasing. Distinct Scottish policy communities are emerging, but there is variation by sector. There are important divergence…
Regions with regionalism? The rescaling of interest groups in sixEuropean states
In manyEuropean countries a regional or meso level of government has emerged, with significant policy responsibilities. It has been suggested that the representation of social and economic interests has not followed, so that policy communities remain state‐wide, giving ‘regions without regionalism’. This study of interest groups in sixEuropean states examines their adaptation to devolution, focusing on organisation, cognitive change and relations…
Rethinking the Region
New regionalist theories of development place an emphasis on the changing relationship of territory and function and on the social construction of regional systems of production. Regional development policies have adapted, with more emphasis on decentralization and endogenous development. Much emphasis has been put in recent work on the concept of social capital, although this is often invoked more than analysed and often reduced to an inherent c…
Regions and international affairs
(1999). Regions and international affairs: Motives, opportunities and strategies. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 9, Paradiplomacy in Action: The Foreign Relations of Subnational Governments, pp. 1-16
Contesting European regions
Contesting European regions. Regional Studies. A regional or ‘meso’-level of regulation and policy-making has emerged in Europe. This cannot adequately be explained by functional imperatives or drivers. A constructivist perspective sees the region as the outcome of political contestation over the definition and meaning of territory. Six competing conceptual frames for regionalism are proposed: integrative; competitive; welfare; identity; governme…
Does devolution make a difference? Legislative output and policy divergence in Scotland
Devolution provides large scope for Scotland to make its own policy. Primary legislation is one measure of this. Scottish legislation before devolution tended to replicate measures for the rest of the United Kingdom, with differences of style. Scottish legislation in the first four-year term of the Parliament shows a big increase in output. There is an autonomous sphere, in which Scotland has gone its own way without reference to the rest of the …
Australia's Budgetary and Financial Management Reforms
A Quarter Century of the Europe of the Regions
Over a period of twenty-five years, we have witnessed the waxing and waning of the idea of a ‘Europe of the Regions’. These concluding remarks begin by examining the factors that fuelled interest in, and enthusiasm for, this notion during the 1980s and early 1990s. It is argued that whilst the EU has not turned into a Europe of the Regions, spatial restructuring continues apace, as part of attempts to deepen and widen the European polity. Territo…
A New Elite? Politicians and Civil Servants in Scotland after Devolution
One aim of devolution in Scotland was to create a political class more representative of the country as a whole. In practice devolution has accelerated trends towards a professional background in Scottish representatives. There has been a significant increase in representativeness by gender; but not by social or occupational background. A professional Scottish political class is in the making. Devolution has not had a significant effect on the ci…
Quo Vadis? Challenges of Public Administration
Policy Convergence, Transfer and Learning in the UK under Devolution
This paper explores the policy transfer and learning process within the UK since 1999, examining the conditions in which transfer takes place among central and devolved governments. We distinguish among concurrent policies, policy competition, coercive transfer and policy learning. Policy transfer can be more or less coercive and constrained, while policy learning is voluntary. Mechanisms for transfer include financial instruments, political part…
Introduction
The nation-state has historically been the container of social and economic interests. Policy communities were organized within state boundaries. There has been a rescaling of policy systems, upwards to the transnational level and downwards to the sub-state level. European states have established meso-level or regional governments. We hypothesize that interest representation and policy communities will rescale in accordance with this. In practice…
Taking back control? Brexit and the territorial constitution of the United Kingdom
Asymmetrical Government
First published: 01 January 1999
Europe as a multilevel federation
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Putting European political science back together again
Political science is the product of modernity and the nation-state. A dominant tradition within it has striven for a positivistic and universal form of understanding, based on the individual actor. Developments in recent years have questioned our understanding of modernity, universalism, science, and the nation-state. Political science has responded in two ways: by reinforcing the positivist approach, or by adopting various forms of intepretivism…
Managing for Results in the Public Interest
What's wrong with asymmetrical government
Does Regional Government Work? The Experience of Italy, France and Spain
Australian Work Force and Employment, 1910–11 to 1960–61
A Comment on the Butlin–Dowie Australian Work Force and Employment Estimates
The Scottish local government bill
1975). The Scottish local government bill. Local Government Studies: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 49-61
The Australian Workforce, 1910-11 to 1960-1
Administrative Devolution in Practice
Parliamentary Behaviour as a Test of Scottish Integration into the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom Parliament, MPs operate at two levels, the Scottish and the K. level. Their behaviour at the level is examined through case studies which show them making demands for distinctive policies. This is evidence against the homogeneity thesis of British politics. Their behaviour at the U. K. level is examined through quantitative measures of committee activity, promotion, sponsorship of legislation, and media coverage. At this lev…
The Impact of the Devolution Commitment on the Scottish Body Politic
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The Resolution of Internal Conflicts and External Pressures The Labour Party's Devolution Policy
THE QUESTION OF DECENTRALIZATION IS ONE WHICH THE British Labour Party has always found difficult to handle because of its inheritance of contradictory traditions in relation to the British state. Labour's roots in anti-authoritarian radicalism and in the British periphery make it sympathetic to decentralist demands and this has been reinforced by the need to compete electorally for support in the periphery. However, to gain power at Westminster …
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique and Groupement de Recherches Co-ordinées sur 1'Administration Locale, Annuaire des Collectivités Locales, 1982. Paris
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique and Groupement de Recherches Co-ordinées sur 1'Administration Locale, Annuaire des Collectivités Locales, 1982. Paris: Librairies Techniques, 902 pp. - Volume 3 Issue 4
Decentralization in Mitterrand's France
The French governmental system comprises a mixture of central and local power. The Socialist Government came to power pledged to decentralization. This is being achieved through a series of laws. Yet separating central and local affairs has raised major problems. There are contradictions within the Socialists’ ideology with regard to decentralization and the implementation of the programme has been slowed down. The reform is likely to produce a r…
Excessive and Unreasonable
The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act marks a major change in central-local relations in allowing selective intervention in the expenditure decisions of individual councils. The criteria for action, based upon the concept of ‘excessive and unreasonable’ expenditure are broadly drawn. In taking action against seven councils in 1981–2, the Scottish Office applied its own criteria inconsistently. The case against the council…
Enterprise Zones
Enterprise Zones owe their origins to an analysis of economic decline, particularly in urban areas, which attributes this to government intervention, regulation and taxation. Their earliest exponent was Professor Peter Hall, an erstwhile Fabian socialist who in 1977 proposed the creation of mini Hong Kongs in the depressed inner cities, areas free of all government regulation and taxation, where free enterprise would be given full rein. The idea …
The Politics of Scottish Housing Plans
The Scottish Housing Plan system was intended to bring about a radical change in the relationship between central and local government, by giving authorities greater scope to devise policies relative to local needs. In practice, Housing Plans provide a formal framework around which bargaining and negotiation takes place. Developments since 1979, however, have resulted in the abandonment of local government having a central, comprehensive role in …
Current expenditure guidelines in Scotland
The Rise and Decline of Micronationalism in Mainland France
The post-war period has seen the development of a number of ‘micronationalist’ movements in the regions of France. These have been based on cultural, economic and political demands. This has led them from a strategy of territorial lobbying to demands for autonomy but the cultural, economic and political strands of the movements have been poorly integrated. In the 1970s, much of the impetus of micro-nationalism was absorbed by the parties of the l…
Whatever happened to regional government
Policy‐making and the Scottish Office
The role of the Scottish Office in policy‐making has been subject to a number of interpretations. It is difficult to regard it as having its own reserved policy spheres but it is clear that in certain circumstances it has the ability to forge its own policy lines. In the 1950s, in contradiction to the stated policy of the then Conservative Government. the Scottish Office was able to secure the designation of a new town at Cumbernauld. The main im…
Does Regional Government Work? The Experience of Italy, France and Spain
The Disintegration of Urban Policy
In the past, the conflict between the growth and distributional aspects of urban policy has not been a major issue in Britain. In Glasgow, the institutional reforms of the 1970s heralded a comprehensive, public-sector-directed program for urban regeneration. In the 1980s, policy has disintegrated under the impact of recession, local fiscal cutback, and central government and agency intervention. A conflict between growth and distribution is posed…
Quo Vadis? Challenges of Public Administration
Managing for Results in the Public Interest
Gouvernement et politique en Grande-BretagneJacques Leruez Paris
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Australia's Budgetary and Financial Management Reforms
Local Economic Development Politics in France
Local development policy in France for much of the postwar era was dominated by the central state. Major initiatives were mounted which bypassed the local elected officials. From the 1970s, locally based development initiatives increased in number while centralized regional policy initiatives atrophied. The decentralization program of the 1980s increased local governments’ economic powers while trying to rationalize them. Local efforts broke thro…
Culture, Structure or Choice? Essays in the Interpretation of the British ExperiencePaul V. Warwick New York
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