Devolution-The Northern Ireland way: An exercise in 'creative ambiguity'

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-83

  Knox, Colin ^a   Carmichael, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALIA;

EID: 14644420187     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0429     Document Type: Article

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