Introduction * PART I: UNION AND DEVOLUTION IN CONTEXT * Union and Devolution * Theories of U.K. Territorial Politics * PART II: THE UNION IN QUESTION: FROM THATCHER TO MAJOR * Thatcherism, European Integration, and Union * The Conditions for Political Change * Territorial Elites and Strategies for Self-Government * The Major Governments and the Divided Union * PART III: DEVOLUTION AND THE REFORMED UNION: BLAIR AND AFTER * New Labour and Devolution: The People Say Yes * Devolution Settlements and New Politics * Politics and Executives * Institutional Development and Public Policy * Constitutional Debates, Territorial Loyalties, and the Reformed Union * Conclusion: The U.K. in Comparative * Context Introduction * PART I: UNION AND DEVOLUTION IN CONTEXT * Union and Devolution * Theories of U.K. Territorial Politics * PART II: THE UNION IN QUESTION: FROM THATCHER TO MAJOR * Thatcherism, European Integration, and Union * The Conditions for Political Change * Territorial Elites and Strategies for Self-Government * The Major Governments and the Divided Union * PART III: DEVOLUTION AND THE REFORMED UNION: BLAIR AND AFTER * New Labour and Devolution: The People Say Yes * Devolution Settlements and New Politics * Politics and Executives * Institutional Development and Public Policy * Constitutional Debates, Territorial Loyalties, and the Reformed Union * Conclusion: The U.K.

in Comparative * Context.