Policy and Government in Northern Ireland : Lessons of Devolution / Derek Birrell and Alan Murie

Birrell, Derek

ISBN 10: 0389200190 / ISBN 13: 9780389200192

Published by Dublin : Gill And MacMillan ; [New York] : Barnes & Noble Books, 1980

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 353 pages; Bibliography: p. [334]-348. Subjects: Northern Ireland--Politics and government. Economic Conditions & Social Policy. 3 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 46524

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Policy and Government in Northern Ireland : Lessons of Devolution / Derek Birrell and Alan Murie
• Publisher: Dublin : Gill And MacMillan ; [New York] : Barnes & Noble Books
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0389200190
• ISBN 13: 9780389200192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 3 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book examines in close detail the way Northern Ireland has been governed in recent years. It deals with events both before and since 1972, when the province's semi-independent government was replaced by a system of direct rule from London. The authors of this study trace how Northern Ireland developed more and more as an autonomous state within the United Kingdom. With its own cabinet, parliament, civil service and security forces, it could pursue policies distinctly different from Britain's in politically controversial areas.
The book explains why Britain eventually decided to intervene directly in the province's affairs, and analyses the effects of that decision on the whole of Northern Ireland's political life.