Alan Trench
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Trench |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Trench |
| SIGNATURE | TRENCH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Courts and Devolution in the UK
The courts have hitherto played a remarkably limited role in the working of devolution in the United Kingdom. In this respect, the UK has been an exception to practice in most federal or decentralised systems, where the courts have tended to assume a prominent role in adjudicating intergovernmental disputes. This article examines whether political congruence contributed to this minimal role for the courts in IGR. It argues that additional factors…
The Options for Devolution Finance: The Choices for the New Government
The debate about the financing of devolved government in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has acquired a new vigour since 2007, with commissions and reviews taking place in Scotland, Wales and at Westminster. Although of considerable constitutional as well as political importance, the technical detail has obscured many of the wider issues involved. This paper surveys the options now open to the UK government, as it prepares its response to th…
Intergovernmental relations and health in Great Britain after devolution
Political devolution allowed policy divergence around the UK. But England, Scotland and Wales must coexist within the UK, which means that the overarching rules of devolution shape their policy options. What friction emerges, what does it mean for health and how does the UK deal with it? This article, based on extensive elite interviewing, identifies ‘bottom-up’ issues in which health policy divergence creates intergovernmental friction and ‘top-…
Wales and the Westminster Model
This article discusses the significance of the 'inward' and 'outward' faces of the 'Westminster model' for the institutions of devolved government in Wales. In 1997–1998, the objective was to create something that resembled Westminster as little as possible. Subsequently, the 'inward' face has seen an increasing assumption of key features of the Westminster model, notably a separation between the executive and legislative branches, due to practic…
Devolution Plus’: What it Might Entail and Where it Might Lead
This paper will look at aspects of 'devolution plus', in the context of the various constitutional reviews for Scotland that are presently underway - both the Caiman Commission's work and that of the National Conversation. First, it will try to think through what 'devolution plus' might mean in the abstract, and discuss a number of models for devolution, in an attempt to put the present proposals into context. It will then discuss the proposals p…
Policy Bureaucracy: Government with a Cast of Thousands by Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins
Learning from the lawyers
Scotland's Constitution: Law and Practice. By C.M.G. Himsworth and C.M. O'Neill. Edinburgh and London: Lexis Nexis, 2003. Pp. xi + 549. £43.00 (paperback). ISBN 0 406 99609 1. Delineating Wales: Co
Hopkins: Devolution in Context: Regional, Federal and Devolved Government in the European Union
Scotland's Constitution: Law and Practice
The Constitution: Dragging the Constitution out of the Shadows
The constitution received official recognition in 2003 with the creation of the Department of Constitutional Affairs, but the year was spent mopping up unfinished business from the reform programme started in 1997. This article covers developments in freedom of information, the regulation of the civil service, House of Lords reform, devolution in Scotland and Wales, preparations for devolution to the English regions, and electoral systems and fix…
The Constitution: Consolidation and Cautious Advance
The year 2002 has seen plenty of constitutional developments and proposals for reform, notably a white paper on elected regional assemblies and a white paper on House of Lords reform, followed by the establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to consider options on the composition of the upper house. There has also been considerable innovation in the pilots of electronic and all‐postal voting in the local elections. However, as so often sin…
Wales and the Westminster Model
This article discusses the significance of the 'inward' and 'outward' faces of the 'Westminster model' for the institutions of devolved government in Wales. In 1997–1998, the objective was to create something that resembled Westminster as little as possible. Subsequently, the 'inward' face has seen an increasing assumption of key features of the Westminster model, notably a separation between the executive and legislative branches, due to practic…
The Courts and Devolution in the UK
The courts have hitherto played a remarkably limited role in the working of devolution in the United Kingdom. In this respect, the UK has been an exception to practice in most federal or decentralised systems, where the courts have tended to assume a prominent role in adjudicating intergovernmental disputes. This article examines whether political congruence contributed to this minimal role for the courts in IGR. It argues that additional factors…
The Options for Devolution Finance: The Choices for the New Government
The debate about the financing of devolved government in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has acquired a new vigour since 2007, with commissions and reviews taking place in Scotland, Wales and at Westminster. Although of considerable constitutional as well as political importance, the technical detail has obscured many of the wider issues involved. This paper surveys the options now open to the UK government, as it prepares its response to th…
The Constitution: Consolidation and Cautious Advance
The year 2002 has seen plenty of constitutional developments and proposals for reform, notably a white paper on elected regional assemblies and a white paper on House of Lords reform, followed by the establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to consider options on the composition of the upper house. There has also been considerable innovation in the pilots of electronic and all‐postal voting in the local elections. However, as so often sin…
The Constitution: Consolidation and Cautious Advance
The year 2002 has seen plenty of constitutional developments and proposals for reform, notably a white paper on elected regional assemblies and a white paper on House of Lords reform, followed by the establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to consider options on the composition of the upper house. There has also been considerable innovation in the pilots of electronic and all‐postal voting in the local elections. However, as so often sin…
The Constitution: Dragging the Constitution out of the Shadows
The constitution received official recognition in 2003 with the creation of the Department of Constitutional Affairs, but the year was spent mopping up unfinished business from the reform programme started in 1997. This article covers developments in freedom of information, the regulation of the civil service, House of Lords reform, devolution in Scotland and Wales, preparations for devolution to the English regions, and electoral systems and fix…
Hopkins: Devolution in Context: Regional, Federal and Devolved Government in the European Union
Scotland's Constitution: Law and Practice
Learning from the lawyers
Scotland's Constitution: Law and Practice. By C.M.G. Himsworth and C.M. O'Neill. Edinburgh and London: Lexis Nexis, 2003. Pp. xi + 549. £43.00 (paperback). ISBN 0 406 99609 1. Delineating Wales: Co
Policy Bureaucracy: Government with a Cast of Thousands by Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins
Devolution Plus’: What it Might Entail and Where it Might Lead
This paper will look at aspects of 'devolution plus', in the context of the various constitutional reviews for Scotland that are presently underway - both the Caiman Commission's work and that of the National Conversation. First, it will try to think through what 'devolution plus' might mean in the abstract, and discuss a number of models for devolution, in an attempt to put the present proposals into context. It will then discuss the proposals p…
The Options for Devolution Finance: The Choices for the New Government
The debate about the financing of devolved government in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has acquired a new vigour since 2007, with commissions and reviews taking place in Scotland, Wales and at Westminster. Although of considerable constitutional as well as political importance, the technical detail has obscured many of the wider issues involved. This paper surveys the options now open to the UK government, as it prepares its response to th…
Intergovernmental relations and health in Great Britain after devolution
Political devolution allowed policy divergence around the UK. But England, Scotland and Wales must coexist within the UK, which means that the overarching rules of devolution shape their policy options. What friction emerges, what does it mean for health and how does the UK deal with it? This article, based on extensive elite interviewing, identifies ‘bottom-up’ issues in which health policy divergence creates intergovernmental friction and ‘top-…
Wales and the Westminster Model
This article discusses the significance of the 'inward' and 'outward' faces of the 'Westminster model' for the institutions of devolved government in Wales. In 1997–1998, the objective was to create something that resembled Westminster as little as possible. Subsequently, the 'inward' face has seen an increasing assumption of key features of the Westminster model, notably a separation between the executive and legislative branches, due to practic…
The Courts and Devolution in the UK
The courts have hitherto played a remarkably limited role in the working of devolution in the United Kingdom. In this respect, the UK has been an exception to practice in most federal or decentralised systems, where the courts have tended to assume a prominent role in adjudicating intergovernmental disputes. This article examines whether political congruence contributed to this minimal role for the courts in IGR. It argues that additional factors…
Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Public Administration (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political Systems and Governance (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Constitution (6 works) · Devolution (biology (5 works)