Daniel Kenealy
Biographic Data
| ID | 4409263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Kenealy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Kenealy |
| SIGNATURE | KENEALY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social Policy Attitudes in the UK
The respective delivery roles of public and private providers is a key battleground in the ongoing transformation of welfare states. But despite a burgeoning literature on public attitudes to aspects of welfare state activity, delivery has to date received scant attention. This article makes a first step in addressing this knowledge gap. Drawing on original survey data from the United Kingdom, it analyses attitudes towards the delivery of social …
Public understandings of welfare and the economy
Previous studies have revealed significant gaps in the UK public's knowledge about the welfare state and the economy. However, we know little about which groups of the population know more, and which less. Drawing on survey evidence, we confirm that many people overstimate both the size of unemployment provision and levels of benefit fraud, and also make mistakes when answering factual questions about finance, employment rights, and benefit entit…
Who wants a referendum on EU membership? Exploring public attitudes in six Member States
Using data from a survey conducted in six EU Member States, we explore what drives citizen demand for referendums on EU membership. We examine whether or not similar drivers and mechanisms can be found across the countries surveyed. We consider what are traditionally understood to be the drivers of euroscepticism, exploring whether those same drivers help to explain demand for referendums on EU membership. Our most important finding is that citiz…
Devolution Commissions in the shadow of Whitehall
Releasing the Lockerbie Bomber
In his recent book The Lockerbie Bombing: The Search for Justice, Kenny MacAskill recounts his decision to release Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing. Eight years have passed since Al-Megrahi's release on compassionate grounds. In the book MacAskill ranges far beyond the events in which he was closely involved, recounting the bombing itself, the subsequent investigation, trial and appeals in an effort to offer …
Precedents, parliaments, and foreign policy
This analysis investigates the role of historical analogies in the influence that parliaments have in foreign policy. Our empirical focus is the UK Parliament’s unusual opposition to the Prime Minister on UK involvement in Syria in 2013. The vote challenges many conventional expectations about the role of parliament in security affairs. Important in this vote were lessons learned and strategically used from UK participation in the intervention of…
No, prime minister
On 29 August 2013, the UK House of Commons inflicted the first defeat on a Prime Minister over a matter of war and peace since 1782. Recalled to debate and vote on UK intervention in Syria, the Commons humbled the government and crucially impacted the development of UK foreign policy. This article places that vote, and the developments leading to it, in the context of the role of parliaments in security policy and explores the relationships betwe…
Introduction
This special issue of Scottish Affairs is concerned with the record of the SNP in government since 2007. The purpose is not to audit all of the policies implemented, and all of the legislation introduced, since the SNP’s victory in May 2007. Rather the aim is to convey a sense of how the SNP have approached government, and what their priorities have been, and to evaluate how successful they have been. With the May 2016 Holyrood election approachi…
The Economy and the Constitution under the SNP, 2007–2016
Since coming to power in 2007 the SNP have had to govern in two significant shadows. The first shadow is that of the financial crisis and the austerity programme of the UK's coalition government. The second shadow is that of ongoing constitutional change. This article considers both the economy and the constitution. It argues that, whilst the SNP in office have taken some measures to mitigate the effects of the crisis and the policies of the UK c…
A Tale of One City
On 2 November 2014 George Osborne stood in the impressive great council chamber of Manchester town hall and, flanked by the ten leaders of Greater Manchester's local authorities, announced a devolution deal for the city‐region. Greater Manchester would receive a significant package of powers over transport, housing, planning, skills, business support and welfare in exchange for creating new governance structures, including a directly elected mayo…
Much Ado About (Scotland in) Europe
The issue of an independent Scotland's relationship with the European Union (EU) has been one of the most contentious and recurring issues of the referendum campaign. Discussion, to date, has been characterised by competing assertions from the two sides of the campaign. There has been little in the way of reasoned debate and consideration of the issue. Instead it has become grist to the mill of two campaign meta-narratives, one concerning the unc…
How Do You Solve a Problem like Scotland? A Proposal Regarding ‘Internal Enlargement’
The prospect of a constituent part of a European Union (EU) Member State attaining independence is growing. The year 2012 saw the confirmation of an independence referendum in Scotland, to take place in the fall of 2014, and sub-state nationalism returned to the fore in Spain, Belgium and Italy. Currently, there is no clear mechanism through which to deal with a part of a Member State becoming an independent state. The premise of this article is …
Concordats and International Relations
Concordats were established to formalize working practices between the UK government and the administrations established in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast after the devolution settlement of 1999. After an initial period of academic scrutiny the concordats have been largely forgotten in the academic literature on post-devolution intergovernmental relations (IGR) as relations between the UK and the devolved administrations settled into a relatively…
The Scotland Bill
At a time when a growing body of opinion in Scotland is expressing support for greater financial powers to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament, the recent reports of the Holyrood and Westminster committees charged with scrutinising the Scotland Bill make particularly interesting reading. 1 The Bill is the most significant amendment to the devolution settlement to date. Published in March 2011, both reports are detailed considerations of the pr…
Commercial Interests and Calculated Compassion
The release of the only man convicted of the bombing of Pan-Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988 is the most significant diplomatic decision taken by the Scottish government. The decision constituted a two-level process: the British government's behaviour was characterised by commercial interests; and the Scottish governments by calculated compassion. Britain's policy was steered by its national interest in securing Libya's reh…
Realist Visions of European Union
The past 15 years have seen an explosion of interest in the scholarship of E.H. Carr. As a founding figure of the realist approach to International Relations, as a philosopher of history and as a historian of the Soviet Union, Carr made important contributions. His work on the post-war political organisation of Europe has been somewhat neglected. While not going so far as to argue for the introduction of ‘another E.H. Carr’ – Carr the European in…
Precedents, parliaments, and foreign policy
This analysis investigates the role of historical analogies in the influence that parliaments have in foreign policy. Our empirical focus is the UK Parliament’s unusual opposition to the Prime Minister on UK involvement in Syria in 2013. The vote challenges many conventional expectations about the role of parliament in security affairs. Important in this vote were lessons learned and strategically used from UK participation in the intervention of…
A Tale of One City
On 2 November 2014 George Osborne stood in the impressive great council chamber of Manchester town hall and, flanked by the ten leaders of Greater Manchester's local authorities, announced a devolution deal for the city‐region. Greater Manchester would receive a significant package of powers over transport, housing, planning, skills, business support and welfare in exchange for creating new governance structures, including a directly elected mayo…
Realist Visions of European Union
The past 15 years have seen an explosion of interest in the scholarship of E.H. Carr. As a founding figure of the realist approach to International Relations, as a philosopher of history and as a historian of the Soviet Union, Carr made important contributions. His work on the post-war political organisation of Europe has been somewhat neglected. While not going so far as to argue for the introduction of ‘another E.H. Carr’ – Carr the European in…
Commercial Interests and Calculated Compassion
The release of the only man convicted of the bombing of Pan-Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988 is the most significant diplomatic decision taken by the Scottish government. The decision constituted a two-level process: the British government's behaviour was characterised by commercial interests; and the Scottish governments by calculated compassion. Britain's policy was steered by its national interest in securing Libya's reh…
Public understandings of welfare and the economy
Previous studies have revealed significant gaps in the UK public's knowledge about the welfare state and the economy. However, we know little about which groups of the population know more, and which less. Drawing on survey evidence, we confirm that many people overstimate both the size of unemployment provision and levels of benefit fraud, and also make mistakes when answering factual questions about finance, employment rights, and benefit entit…
How Do You Solve a Problem like Scotland? A Proposal Regarding ‘Internal Enlargement’
The prospect of a constituent part of a European Union (EU) Member State attaining independence is growing. The year 2012 saw the confirmation of an independence referendum in Scotland, to take place in the fall of 2014, and sub-state nationalism returned to the fore in Spain, Belgium and Italy. Currently, there is no clear mechanism through which to deal with a part of a Member State becoming an independent state. The premise of this article is …
Who wants a referendum on EU membership? Exploring public attitudes in six Member States
Using data from a survey conducted in six EU Member States, we explore what drives citizen demand for referendums on EU membership. We examine whether or not similar drivers and mechanisms can be found across the countries surveyed. We consider what are traditionally understood to be the drivers of euroscepticism, exploring whether those same drivers help to explain demand for referendums on EU membership. Our most important finding is that citiz…
Concordats and International Relations
Concordats were established to formalize working practices between the UK government and the administrations established in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast after the devolution settlement of 1999. After an initial period of academic scrutiny the concordats have been largely forgotten in the academic literature on post-devolution intergovernmental relations (IGR) as relations between the UK and the devolved administrations settled into a relatively…
The Scotland Bill
At a time when a growing body of opinion in Scotland is expressing support for greater financial powers to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament, the recent reports of the Holyrood and Westminster committees charged with scrutinising the Scotland Bill make particularly interesting reading. 1 The Bill is the most significant amendment to the devolution settlement to date. Published in March 2011, both reports are detailed considerations of the pr…
Concordats and International Relations
Concordats were established to formalize working practices between the UK government and the administrations established in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast after the devolution settlement of 1999. After an initial period of academic scrutiny the concordats have been largely forgotten in the academic literature on post-devolution intergovernmental relations (IGR) as relations between the UK and the devolved administrations settled into a relatively…
The Scotland Bill
At a time when a growing body of opinion in Scotland is expressing support for greater financial powers to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament, the recent reports of the Holyrood and Westminster committees charged with scrutinising the Scotland Bill make particularly interesting reading. 1 The Bill is the most significant amendment to the devolution settlement to date. Published in March 2011, both reports are detailed considerations of the pr…
Commercial Interests and Calculated Compassion
The release of the only man convicted of the bombing of Pan-Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988 is the most significant diplomatic decision taken by the Scottish government. The decision constituted a two-level process: the British government's behaviour was characterised by commercial interests; and the Scottish governments by calculated compassion. Britain's policy was steered by its national interest in securing Libya's reh…
Realist Visions of European Union
The past 15 years have seen an explosion of interest in the scholarship of E.H. Carr. As a founding figure of the realist approach to International Relations, as a philosopher of history and as a historian of the Soviet Union, Carr made important contributions. His work on the post-war political organisation of Europe has been somewhat neglected. While not going so far as to argue for the introduction of ‘another E.H. Carr’ – Carr the European in…
Much Ado About (Scotland in) Europe
The issue of an independent Scotland's relationship with the European Union (EU) has been one of the most contentious and recurring issues of the referendum campaign. Discussion, to date, has been characterised by competing assertions from the two sides of the campaign. There has been little in the way of reasoned debate and consideration of the issue. Instead it has become grist to the mill of two campaign meta-narratives, one concerning the unc…
How Do You Solve a Problem like Scotland? A Proposal Regarding ‘Internal Enlargement’
The prospect of a constituent part of a European Union (EU) Member State attaining independence is growing. The year 2012 saw the confirmation of an independence referendum in Scotland, to take place in the fall of 2014, and sub-state nationalism returned to the fore in Spain, Belgium and Italy. Currently, there is no clear mechanism through which to deal with a part of a Member State becoming an independent state. The premise of this article is …
No, prime minister
On 29 August 2013, the UK House of Commons inflicted the first defeat on a Prime Minister over a matter of war and peace since 1782. Recalled to debate and vote on UK intervention in Syria, the Commons humbled the government and crucially impacted the development of UK foreign policy. This article places that vote, and the developments leading to it, in the context of the role of parliaments in security policy and explores the relationships betwe…
Introduction
This special issue of Scottish Affairs is concerned with the record of the SNP in government since 2007. The purpose is not to audit all of the policies implemented, and all of the legislation introduced, since the SNP’s victory in May 2007. Rather the aim is to convey a sense of how the SNP have approached government, and what their priorities have been, and to evaluate how successful they have been. With the May 2016 Holyrood election approachi…
The Economy and the Constitution under the SNP, 2007–2016
Since coming to power in 2007 the SNP have had to govern in two significant shadows. The first shadow is that of the financial crisis and the austerity programme of the UK's coalition government. The second shadow is that of ongoing constitutional change. This article considers both the economy and the constitution. It argues that, whilst the SNP in office have taken some measures to mitigate the effects of the crisis and the policies of the UK c…
A Tale of One City
On 2 November 2014 George Osborne stood in the impressive great council chamber of Manchester town hall and, flanked by the ten leaders of Greater Manchester's local authorities, announced a devolution deal for the city‐region. Greater Manchester would receive a significant package of powers over transport, housing, planning, skills, business support and welfare in exchange for creating new governance structures, including a directly elected mayo…
Devolution Commissions in the shadow of Whitehall
Releasing the Lockerbie Bomber
In his recent book The Lockerbie Bombing: The Search for Justice, Kenny MacAskill recounts his decision to release Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing. Eight years have passed since Al-Megrahi's release on compassionate grounds. In the book MacAskill ranges far beyond the events in which he was closely involved, recounting the bombing itself, the subsequent investigation, trial and appeals in an effort to offer …
Precedents, parliaments, and foreign policy
This analysis investigates the role of historical analogies in the influence that parliaments have in foreign policy. Our empirical focus is the UK Parliament’s unusual opposition to the Prime Minister on UK involvement in Syria in 2013. The vote challenges many conventional expectations about the role of parliament in security affairs. Important in this vote were lessons learned and strategically used from UK participation in the intervention of…
Who wants a referendum on EU membership? Exploring public attitudes in six Member States
Using data from a survey conducted in six EU Member States, we explore what drives citizen demand for referendums on EU membership. We examine whether or not similar drivers and mechanisms can be found across the countries surveyed. We consider what are traditionally understood to be the drivers of euroscepticism, exploring whether those same drivers help to explain demand for referendums on EU membership. Our most important finding is that citiz…
Social Policy Attitudes in the UK
The respective delivery roles of public and private providers is a key battleground in the ongoing transformation of welfare states. But despite a burgeoning literature on public attitudes to aspects of welfare state activity, delivery has to date received scant attention. This article makes a first step in addressing this knowledge gap. Drawing on original survey data from the United Kingdom, it analyses attitudes towards the delivery of social …
Public understandings of welfare and the economy
Previous studies have revealed significant gaps in the UK public's knowledge about the welfare state and the economy. However, we know little about which groups of the population know more, and which less. Drawing on survey evidence, we confirm that many people overstimate both the size of unemployment provision and levels of benefit fraud, and also make mistakes when answering factual questions about finance, employment rights, and benefit entit…
Political science (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Political Systems and Governance (9 works) · Public Administration (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (6 works)