John Loughlin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3909277 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Loughlin |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Loughlin |
| SIGNATURE | LOUGHLIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2106-0320 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 146 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 35 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
State rescaling and a ‘Europe of the Regions’ in small unitary states
This conclusion ties together the various contributions to the Special Issue from the perspective of the introductory framework. Based on this framework, the conclusion shows that: (i) domestic mediating factors are responsible for nuanced state rescaling outcomes in small unitary states, (ii) the EU has led to decentralization and recentralization in both phases of the EU decision-making process and (iii) the level of authority is the best predi…
Regions in Europe and Europe of the regions. The origins of Regional and Federal Studies
Regional and Federal Studies started life in 1991 as Regional Politics and Policy published by Frank Cass & Son, a small family-run publishing firm which was later absorbed by Routledge. In 1995, it adopted its current name, Regional and Federal Studies. The journal is now turning 30. For this anniversary, the current editorial team asked me to write a short account of where the original idea of founding such a journal came from, the difficulties…
The European Union, subnational mobilization and state rescaling in small unitary states
This special issue addresses the impact of the European Union (EU) on subnational mobilization in small unitary states. Located at the intersection between varied contributions from the literatures on multilevel governance and Europeanization, it offers a new theoretical framework to account for state rescaling processes in small unitary states. By means of a comparative analysis of eight small unitary states, this collection shows that the impac…
Federalisme, federacions i confederacions
Federalisme, federacions i confederacions
La manera tradicional de distingir els sistemes de govern territorials dels estats és entre confederacions, federacions i estats unitaris. Aquest article argumenta que aquestes distincions no descriuen adequadament la complexitat de sistemes polítics contemporanis. A més, emmarca la situació contemporània en el context històric del desenvolupament de l’estat nació i descriu com les diferents tradicions han portat a diversos graus de centralitzaci…
Routledge Handbook of Regionalism and Federalism
Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe
The Oxford handbook of local and regional democracy in Europe
'The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe' is an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of subnational democracy in Europe. It analyses subnational democracy in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland.
Christianity and Contemporary Politics
Luke Bretherton, Christianity and Contemporary Politics: The Conditions and Possibilities of Faithful Witness. Chichester, England: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp. 251, £60.00, ISBN 978-1-4051-9968-1 It
The ‘transformation’ of governance
Dublin Castle and the First Home Rule Crisis
Stephen Ball states on the opening page of the Introduction to this work that its purpose is to attempt a solution to a long-standing puzzle, namely why ‘the leader of the Liberal Party embraced the idea of Irish Home Rule without securing the support of his party for this radical departure’. He seeks its solution in ‘the advice and information that Gladstone received about Ireland at this critical time’, in particular from Sir George Fottrell, a…
British Democracy and Irish Nationalism, 1876-1906
This work makes an original and substantial contribution to our understanding of the Liberal-nationalist alliance in the later nineteenth century. Its originality lies in its focus on areas that historians of that relationship—who have focused mainly on the dynamics of agrarian conflict and the high politics of Home Rule—have tended to ignore, namely the language of public political discourse. Interrogating the meaning of terms such as ‘constitut…
Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin
Journal Article Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin: 1871–1934 Get access Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin, 1871–1934, by A.C. Hepburn (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2008; pp. xxiii + 307. £55). James Loughlin James Loughlin University of Ulster [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXIV, Issue 5…
Federalism, Regionalism and Local Government
The slow emergence of the French regions
The 1982 French decentralisation reforms upgraded the indirectly elected regional councils to fully-fledged subnational governments alongside the departments and communes. This article examines how regional governments have grown in importance, gradually gaining new powers and, through the system of state–region contracts, becoming the key subnational level of economic development planning. They have also forged new contractual relations with the…
Albania and the European Union
When will Albania join the EU? Will accession help Albania to achieve prosperity, stability and prosperity? And, what factors are helping it towards this end and what factors are holding it back? An original study of Albania and its relations with the EU, this is the first book to identify and analyse the problems of the country as it moves towards membership of the Union. It explores the political, economic and social transformations needed to m…
Reconfiguring the State
Multi-level governance appeared in the 1990s as a concept which sought to capture the changing relationships between different territorial levels of government in the EU. The concept was important as it drew to attention to important changes in territorial governance that were occurring at this time. This article steps back to analyse wider changes in the nature and form of the Welfare State, and the consequences of this for territorial governanc…
Subnational Government
Refaire l'Union, la dévolution britannique
Resumé Un paysage politique et administratif en pleine transformation avec le programme de dévolution des pouvoirs
Creating 'A Social and Geographical Fact
The year 1925 was a landmark in Anglo-Irish relations — the point at which the long constitutional controversy that had dominated politics since Gladstone's first Home Rule bill in 1886 came to an unsatisfactory conclusion. The controversial clause 12 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which addressed the Ulster problem by means of a commission to determine the boundaries between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State according to ‘the wishes …
The Politics of Local Income Tax in Sweden
Local authorities have played an important role in the Swedish model of the Welfare State. This state is characterised by high levels of welfare provision paid for through general taxation, the rates of which are very high and the application of uniform standards across the entire country based on the principles of equity and fairness. The main form of income for local authorities is a Local Income Tax which is paid by 85% of the population. In t…
The “Transformation” of Governance
The terms transformation and governance are used increasingly in the academic literature but often in a confused way. This article attempts to define both terms. It argues that there are three kinds of transformation: pseudo‐change; incremental evolutionary transformation (IET), which is the most common form; and revolutionary transformation (RT). It applies this model of change to three paradigm shifts in developed countries since 1945: the Welf…
Culture, Institutions and Economic Development
This book offers a systematic comparison of eight distinct regions and stateless nations, each with its own historical identity, but which is constantly being rebuilt in changing economic and political conditions. Avoiding economic or cultural determinism, the authors show how region-builders can shape their own responses to global challenges to produce models of development reflecting differing understandings and social compromises.
Beyond the Unitary State? Public Opinion, Political Institutions and Public Policy in Brittany
COLE A. and LOUGHLIN J. (2003) Beyond the unitary state? Public opinion, political institutions and public policy in Brittany, Reg. Studies 37 , 265-276. This paper investigates the new regionalism in Brittany, one of France's historic regions. It is based on findings from a mass opinion survey carried out in July 2001, as well as on insights drawn from over 70 semi-structured interviews. The quantitative and qualitative evidence is interpreted t…
Subnational Democracy in the European Union
This book is the result of a research project carried out for the Committee of the Regions and analyses the 'state of play' of democratic practice at the subnational level in all of the European Member states. Its initial hypothesis was that liberal democracy is closely associated with the rise of the nation state in the 19th century. The nation state, however, has been significantly changing under the impact of various forces including globaliza…
"Europe of the Regions" and the Federalization of Europe
Regional autonomy and state paradigm shifts in Western Europe
(2000). Regional autonomy and state paradigm shifts in Western Europe. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 10, Europe and the Regions: The Issue of Governance, pp. 10-34
Reconfiguring the State
Multi-level governance appeared in the 1990s as a concept which sought to capture the changing relationships between different territorial levels of government in the EU. The concept was important as it drew to attention to important changes in territorial governance that were occurring at this time. This article steps back to analyse wider changes in the nature and form of the Welfare State, and the consequences of this for territorial governanc…
The Oxford handbook of local and regional democracy in Europe
'The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe' is an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of subnational democracy in Europe. It analyses subnational democracy in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland.
Beyond the Unitary State? Public Opinion, Political Institutions and Public Policy in Brittany
COLE A. and LOUGHLIN J. (2003) Beyond the unitary state? Public opinion, political institutions and public policy in Brittany, Reg. Studies 37 , 265-276. This paper investigates the new regionalism in Brittany, one of France's historic regions. It is based on findings from a mass opinion survey carried out in July 2001, as well as on insights drawn from over 70 semi-structured interviews. The quantitative and qualitative evidence is interpreted t…
Representing regions in Europe
(1996). Representing regions in Europe: The committee of the regions. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 6, The Regional Dimension of the European Union Towards a Third Level in Europe?, pp. 147-165
Federalism, Regionalism and European Union
Reflections on the Anglo‐Irish Agreement
THE CONFLICT IN NORTHERN IRELAND HAS LASTED FOR OVER sixteen years, defying all attempts by British and Irish governments to reach a solution. On 15 November 1985 the leaders of both governments, Mrs Margaret Thatcher and Dr Garret FitzGerald, signed, at Hillsborough in Northern Ireland, an Anglo-Irish Agreement which they hoped would establish machinery leading to an eventual diminution of political violence and to an accommodation between the t…
A new deal for France's regions and linguistic minorities
Since the Second World War France has experienced an upsurge of regionalistic and ethnic nationalist movements. There has been mutual interaction between these movements and the French left, particularly the Socialist Party. As a result, the policies of the Socialist government since May 1981 have included a wide programme of decentralisation which went some way to meeting the demands of the movements. But the continuing Jacobinism of the Sociali…
The European Union, subnational mobilization and state rescaling in small unitary states
This special issue addresses the impact of the European Union (EU) on subnational mobilization in small unitary states. Located at the intersection between varied contributions from the literatures on multilevel governance and Europeanization, it offers a new theoretical framework to account for state rescaling processes in small unitary states. By means of a comparative analysis of eight small unitary states, this collection shows that the impac…
The Politics of Local Income Tax in Sweden
Local authorities have played an important role in the Swedish model of the Welfare State. This state is characterised by high levels of welfare provision paid for through general taxation, the rates of which are very high and the application of uniform standards across the entire country based on the principles of equity and fairness. The main form of income for local authorities is a Local Income Tax which is paid by 85% of the population. In t…
The slow emergence of the French regions
The 1982 French decentralisation reforms upgraded the indirectly elected regional councils to fully-fledged subnational governments alongside the departments and communes. This article examines how regional governments have grown in importance, gradually gaining new powers and, through the system of state–region contracts, becoming the key subnational level of economic development planning. They have also forged new contractual relations with the…
Creating 'A Social and Geographical Fact
The year 1925 was a landmark in Anglo-Irish relations — the point at which the long constitutional controversy that had dominated politics since Gladstone's first Home Rule bill in 1886 came to an unsatisfactory conclusion. The controversial clause 12 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which addressed the Ulster problem by means of a commission to determine the boundaries between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State according to ‘the wishes …
State rescaling and a ‘Europe of the Regions’ in small unitary states
This conclusion ties together the various contributions to the Special Issue from the perspective of the introductory framework. Based on this framework, the conclusion shows that: (i) domestic mediating factors are responsible for nuanced state rescaling outcomes in small unitary states, (ii) the EU has led to decentralization and recentralization in both phases of the EU decision-making process and (iii) the level of authority is the best predi…
Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin
Journal Article Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin: 1871–1934 Get access Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin, 1871–1934, by A.C. Hepburn (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2008; pp. xxiii + 307. £55). James Loughlin James Loughlin University of Ulster [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXIV, Issue 5…
Federalism, Regionalism and Local Government
The Elections to the Corsican Regional Assembly, August 1984
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Regions in Europe and Europe of the regions. The origins of Regional and Federal Studies
Regional and Federal Studies started life in 1991 as Regional Politics and Policy published by Frank Cass & Son, a small family-run publishing firm which was later absorbed by Routledge. In 1995, it adopted its current name, Regional and Federal Studies. The journal is now turning 30. For this anniversary, the current editorial team asked me to write a short account of where the original idea of founding such a journal came from, the difficulties…
Christianity and Contemporary Politics
Luke Bretherton, Christianity and Contemporary Politics: The Conditions and Possibilities of Faithful Witness. Chichester, England: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp. 251, £60.00, ISBN 978-1-4051-9968-1 It
British Democracy and Irish Nationalism, 1876-1906
This work makes an original and substantial contribution to our understanding of the Liberal-nationalist alliance in the later nineteenth century. Its originality lies in its focus on areas that historians of that relationship—who have focused mainly on the dynamics of agrarian conflict and the high politics of Home Rule—have tended to ignore, namely the language of public political discourse. Interrogating the meaning of terms such as ‘constitut…
A new deal for France's regions and linguistic minorities
Since the Second World War France has experienced an upsurge of regionalistic and ethnic nationalist movements. There has been mutual interaction between these movements and the French left, particularly the Socialist Party. As a result, the policies of the Socialist government since May 1981 have included a wide programme of decentralisation which went some way to meeting the demands of the movements. But the continuing Jacobinism of the Sociali…
The Elections to the Corsican Regional Assembly, August 1984
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Reflections on the Anglo‐Irish Agreement
THE CONFLICT IN NORTHERN IRELAND HAS LASTED FOR OVER sixteen years, defying all attempts by British and Irish governments to reach a solution. On 15 November 1985 the leaders of both governments, Mrs Margaret Thatcher and Dr Garret FitzGerald, signed, at Hillsborough in Northern Ireland, an Anglo-Irish Agreement which they hoped would establish machinery leading to an eventual diminution of political violence and to an accommodation between the t…
Federalism, Regionalism and European Union
The French presidential election of 1995 and the French regions
The End of the French Unitary State
Representing regions in Europe
(1996). Representing regions in Europe: The committee of the regions. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 6, The Regional Dimension of the European Union Towards a Third Level in Europe?, pp. 147-165
Book notes
Brian Abel‐Smith (1994) Introduction to Health (London: Longman), i‐viii, 1–237 pp.; ISBN 0 582 23865 X; £14.99 Richard Balme, Philippe Garraud, Vincent Hoffmann‐Martinot, Ivelyne Ritaine (with contributions from Laurence Bonnet and Sonia Mazey) (1994) Le Territoire pour Politiques: Variations Européennes (Paris: Editions L'Har‐mattan), pp. 304, ISBN 2 7384 3083 X; no price given Martin Westlake (1994) A Modern Guide to the European Parliament (L…
"Europe of the Regions" and the Federalization of Europe
Regional autonomy and state paradigm shifts in Western Europe
(2000). Regional autonomy and state paradigm shifts in Western Europe. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 10, Europe and the Regions: The Issue of Governance, pp. 10-34
Subnational Democracy in the European Union
This book is the result of a research project carried out for the Committee of the Regions and analyses the 'state of play' of democratic practice at the subnational level in all of the European Member states. Its initial hypothesis was that liberal democracy is closely associated with the rise of the nation state in the 19th century. The nation state, however, has been significantly changing under the impact of various forces including globaliza…
The transformation of the state and the new territorial politics in western Europe
This comparative survey of the historical, institutional and policy aspects of regional construction in Brittany and Languedoc-Roussillon illustrates the paradigm shift in the nature and functions of the state and the emergence of a new kind of territorial politics outline in the first part of this paper. Paradoxically, the twin evolutions of the state and the European community have produced radically different results in the two regions. During…
Culture, Institutions and Economic Development
This book offers a systematic comparison of eight distinct regions and stateless nations, each with its own historical identity, but which is constantly being rebuilt in changing economic and political conditions. Avoiding economic or cultural determinism, the authors show how region-builders can shape their own responses to global challenges to produce models of development reflecting differing understandings and social compromises.
Beyond the Unitary State? Public Opinion, Political Institutions and Public Policy in Brittany
COLE A. and LOUGHLIN J. (2003) Beyond the unitary state? Public opinion, political institutions and public policy in Brittany, Reg. Studies 37 , 265-276. This paper investigates the new regionalism in Brittany, one of France's historic regions. It is based on findings from a mass opinion survey carried out in July 2001, as well as on insights drawn from over 70 semi-structured interviews. The quantitative and qualitative evidence is interpreted t…
The “Transformation” of Governance
The terms transformation and governance are used increasingly in the academic literature but often in a confused way. This article attempts to define both terms. It argues that there are three kinds of transformation: pseudo‐change; incremental evolutionary transformation (IET), which is the most common form; and revolutionary transformation (RT). It applies this model of change to three paradigm shifts in developed countries since 1945: the Welf…
The Politics of Local Income Tax in Sweden
Local authorities have played an important role in the Swedish model of the Welfare State. This state is characterised by high levels of welfare provision paid for through general taxation, the rates of which are very high and the application of uniform standards across the entire country based on the principles of equity and fairness. The main form of income for local authorities is a Local Income Tax which is paid by 85% of the population. In t…
Albania and the European Union
When will Albania join the EU? Will accession help Albania to achieve prosperity, stability and prosperity? And, what factors are helping it towards this end and what factors are holding it back? An original study of Albania and its relations with the EU, this is the first book to identify and analyse the problems of the country as it moves towards membership of the Union. It explores the political, economic and social transformations needed to m…
Reconfiguring the State
Multi-level governance appeared in the 1990s as a concept which sought to capture the changing relationships between different territorial levels of government in the EU. The concept was important as it drew to attention to important changes in territorial governance that were occurring at this time. This article steps back to analyse wider changes in the nature and form of the Welfare State, and the consequences of this for territorial governanc…
Subnational Government
Refaire l'Union, la dévolution britannique
Resumé Un paysage politique et administratif en pleine transformation avec le programme de dévolution des pouvoirs
Creating 'A Social and Geographical Fact
The year 1925 was a landmark in Anglo-Irish relations — the point at which the long constitutional controversy that had dominated politics since Gladstone's first Home Rule bill in 1886 came to an unsatisfactory conclusion. The controversial clause 12 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which addressed the Ulster problem by means of a commission to determine the boundaries between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State according to ‘the wishes …
Federalism, Regionalism and Local Government
The slow emergence of the French regions
The 1982 French decentralisation reforms upgraded the indirectly elected regional councils to fully-fledged subnational governments alongside the departments and communes. This article examines how regional governments have grown in importance, gradually gaining new powers and, through the system of state–region contracts, becoming the key subnational level of economic development planning. They have also forged new contractual relations with the…
British Democracy and Irish Nationalism, 1876-1906
This work makes an original and substantial contribution to our understanding of the Liberal-nationalist alliance in the later nineteenth century. Its originality lies in its focus on areas that historians of that relationship—who have focused mainly on the dynamics of agrarian conflict and the high politics of Home Rule—have tended to ignore, namely the language of public political discourse. Interrogating the meaning of terms such as ‘constitut…
Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin
Journal Article Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin: 1871–1934 Get access Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin, 1871–1934, by A.C. Hepburn (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2008; pp. xxiii + 307. £55). James Loughlin James Loughlin University of Ulster [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXIV, Issue 5…
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