Devolution, Asymmetry and Europe

The process of devolution in the United Kingdom (UK) established new institutions at the sub-state level with a range of legislative and executive competencies. Yet many of these devolved powers also have a European Union (EU) dimension, whilst EU policy remains a formally reserved power of the UK central government.
This book explores how this multi-level relationship has been managed in practice, examining the participation of the devolved Scottish and Welsh institutions in the domestic process of formulating the UK's EU policy positions during their first four-year term. It also places their experiences in a broader comparative framework by drawing upon the experiences of multi-level governance in practice in other Member States of the EU.

Autorentext

The Author: Rosanne Palmer is Lecturer in European Politics at Cardiff University s School of European Studies where she teaches on European Union politics and on comparative territorial politics. She completed her Ph.D. on devolution and EU policy-making at the Institute for German Studies (University of Birmingham) before joining Cardiff University in 2005. Her research interests include UK devolution, comparative territorial politics, German federalism and multi-level governance in the European Union.

Inhalt
Contents: Multi-Level Governance in the European Union EU Policy-Making in the Pre-Devolution UK White Papers, Acts and Concordats: A Framework for Managing Relations? A View from Edinburgh A View from Cardiff A Central Government Perspective.