Devolution—The Northern Ireland Way

An Exercise in ‘Creative Ambiguity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8079161
AutoresColin Knox (0000-0003-4635-1204, University of Ulster, autor de correspondencia), Paul Carmichael (0000-0001-5559-641X, University of Ulster)
Año2005
Volumen23
Número1
Páginas63-83
Fecha de publicación2005-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Planning C Government and Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0263-774X • E-ISSN: 1472-3425
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1068/c0429
OpenAlexW1975809855
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas7

Devolution in Northern Ireland followed directly from the 1998 Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement which provided, inter alia, for a democratically elected Assembly “inclusive in its membership, capable of exercising executive and legislative authority, and subject to safeguards to protect the rights and interests of all sides of the community”. More than six years on, the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly are in suspension for the fourth time (the latest since October 2002). The conjunction of devolution and the implementation of the Agreement mean that the former is wholly dependent on the vagaries of the latter and, as a consequence, has devalued the potential of devolution to improve the governance of Northern Ireland

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