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Debating devolution in Scotland, Northern Ireland and England (1970-99)

Scottish Parliament chamber by Andrew Bowden

General

Mayo, Patricia Elton. The roots of identity: three national movements in contemporary European politics. 1974.

Mitchison, Rosalind. The roots of nationalism: studies in northern Europe. 1980.

European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages. Contact bulletin. 1983-200?

European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages. Annual report. 1993-200?

Iseabail Macleod. Scotland: a linguistic double helix. 1995.

Jenniges, Wolfgang. Select bibliography on minority languages in the European Union: Bibliographie sélective des langues minoritaires de l'union européenne. 1997.

Ó Riagáin, Dónall. Vade-Mecum: a guide to the legal, political and other official international documents pertaining to the lesser used languages of Europe. c1998.

Wright, S. Language, democracy, and devolution in Catalonia. 1999.

Bogdanor, V. Devolution in the United Kingdom. 1999.

Scotland

MacCormick, Neil. The Scottish debate: essays on Scottish nationalism. 1970.

King, David N. Financial and economic aspects of regionalism and separatism. 1973.

Tait, Alan A. The economics of devolution: a knife edge problem. 1975

Drucker, H. M.; R. A McAllister (eds.) Our changing Scottish democracy. 1976.

Grant, John P. (ed.) Independence and devolution: the legal implications for Scotland. 1976.

Dalyell, T. Devolution: the end of Britain? 1977.

Great Britain. Scotland Act. 1978. (Law Acts).

Brand, Jack. The national movement in Scotland. 1978.

Grønneberg, Roy (ed.) Island futures: Scottish devolution and Shetland's constitutional alternative. 1978.

Mercer, John. Scotland: the devolution of power. 1978.

Keating M.; D. Bleiman. Labour and Scottish nationalism. 1979.

Bochel, John; David Denver; Allan Macartney (eds.) The Referendum experience: Scotland 1979. 1981.

Nairn, Tom. The break-up of Britain: crisis and neo-nationalism. 1981.

Gallagher, Tom. Nationalism in the nineties. 1991.

Scottish National Party. Independence in Europe: make it happen now! : the 1992 manifesto of the Scottish National Party. 1992.

Scottish National Party. Our changing Scotland : [The Scottish National Party, 1934-1994]. 1994.

Smith, Maurice. Paper lions: the Scottish press and national identity. 1994.

Scott, S. (ed.) Housing and anti-social behaviour: the way ahead. 1994.

Leicester, Graham. Scotland's parliament: fundamentals for a new Scotland Act. 1996.

Keating, Michael. Nations against the state: the new politics of nationalism in Quebec, Catalonia, and Scotland. 1996.

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Scotland: bill to provide for the establishment of a Scottish Parliament and administration and other changes in the government of Scotland [...]. 1997

Great Britain. Scottish Office. Scotland's Parliament. Cm3658. 1997.

Little, Gillian. Imagining Scotland: nationalism, the media and the Scottish devolution debate. 1997.

Scottish Office. Investing in Modernisation: An Agenda for Scotland’s Housing. Cm 4272. 1999.

Page, Alan C. A guide to the Scotland Act 1998. 1999.

Ascherson, Neal. The Yes road: a reflection on two devolution campaigns. 1999.

Scottish Executive. Report of the commission on local government at the Scottish Parliament – the Scottish Executive response. 1999.

McIntosh Commission. Moving forward: local government and the Scottish Parliament. 1999.

Taylor, B.; K. Thomson (eds.) Scotland and Wales: nations again? 1999.

Northern Ireland

Farrell, Michael. Northern Ireland: the Orange state. 1980.

Birrell, Derek; Alan Murie. Policy and government in Northern Ireland: lessons of devolution. 1980.

Great Britain. Northern Ireland Office. Northern Ireland: a framework for devolution, presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, April 1982.

O’Leary, Cornelius. Celtic nationalism. 1982.

See, Katherine O'Sullivan. First world nationalisms: class and ethnic politics in Northern Ireland and Quebec. 1986.

Great Britain. Northern Ireland Office. Belfast agreement: an agreement reached at the multi-party talks on Northern Ireland, presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by Command of Her Majesty, April 1998.

Northern Ireland Act 1998. 1988.

The North South Ministerial Council (NSMC) was established to develop consultation, cooperation and action within the island of Ireland under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, 1998.

The British-Irish Council was established as part of the multi-party agreement reached in Belfast on 10 April 1998.  Its membership comprises representatives from the Irish Government; UK Government; Scottish Government; Northern Ireland Executive; Welsh Government; Isle of Man Government; Government of Jersey and Government of Guernsey.

Committee on the Administration of Justice (Northern Ireland). Fundamental social rights in Northern Ireland: building upon the Agreement and the European Social Charter : [conference proceedings, 17th June 1999].

Committee on the Administration of Justice (Northern Ireland). Agreement and a new beginning to policing in Northern Ireland: conference report including human rights benchmarks for policing change. 1999.

England

The Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom). [Kilbrandon Report]. 1973.

Great Britain. Privy Council. Devolution: The English dimension. A consultative document. 1976.

Evans, Neil (ed.) National identity in the British Isles. 1989.

Samuel, Raphael. Patriotism: the making and unmaking of British national identity: Vol. 1, History and politics; Vol. 2, Minorities and outsiders; Vol. 3, National fictions. 1989.

Gunes, Metin Bulent. Comparison of the way the Turkish and British states restrict media coverage of separatist campaigns within their borders [thesis]. 1991.

Giles, Judy; Tim Middleton. Writing Englishness 1900-1950 : an introductory sourcebook on national identity. 1995.

Great Britain. Regional Development Agencies Act 1998. 1998.