Changing States, Changing Nations

Constitutional Reform and National Identity in the Late Twentieth Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5099-2872-9
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 570 g

This book presents the remarkable constitutional reforms undertaken by the Blair and Brown governments in the UK. The reforms are remarkable in that they had the potential to change the way Britons understood the national identity of the UK. The book illuminates the ambitions of the key players in Whitehall and Westminster and is enriched through a study of comparable constitutional reforms in Canada and Australia: the Charter of Rights and Freedoms pioneered by Pierre Trudeau and the attempt by Paul Keating to make Australia a Republic. The Canadian and Australian chapters are a contribution to the political history of those nations and a device for understanding the changes in Britain.

The author is an expert in the use of Freedom of Information and was a senior policy maker in Whitehall working primarily on constitutional reform. Readers will benefit from the author's unrivalled access to interviewees and documentary sources in the three countries covered in the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcdonald, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Verfassungsgeschichte, Verfassungsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Constitutional Reform and National Identity

I. Constitutional Reform in Britain under Blair and Brown

II. Comparative Studies of Constitutional Reform

III. Rationale for Selection of Case Studies

IV. Definitions: Nation and Nation State

V. National Myths and Symbols

VI. National Identity

VII. Changes in National Identity

VIII. National Identity and Constitutional Reform

IX. Comparative Case Studies

X. Changing States, Changing Nations

2. 'Doing Good By Stealth': Tony Blair and Reform of the British Constitution
I. Labour and Constitutional Reform

II. Labour and the Maximalists: The 1987 Parliament

III. Labour Policy-making in the Wake of the 1992 Defeat
IV. Labour and the Nation

V. New Labour and the Constitution

VI. Shuffling the Pack: Preparing for Government

VII. New Labour, No Britain

VIII. Cook-Maclennan

IX. From the Manifesto to the Polls

X. The Election

XI. Into Government

XII. The First Session: May 1997-November 1998

XIII. The Second Session: November 1998-November 1999

XIV. The End of the Affair: New Labour and the Liberal Democrats

XV. The Third and Fourth Sessions: November 1999-June 2001

XVI. The First Term: Constitutional Reform Delivered?

XVII. The 2001 Manifesto

XVIII. The Constitution in the Second Term: 2001-05

XIX. The Constitution in the Third Term: Blair's Final Years

XX. Britain's Quiet Constitutional Revolution

3. 'Just Watch Me': Pierre Trudeau and the Canadian Constitution

I. Canada at the Centenary

II. Enter Trudeau

III. From the Centenary to Victoria

IV. Stasis

V. From PQ Victory to Liberal Defeat

VI. A Final Chance
VII. Quebec Votes

VIII. Constitutional Reform in the Wake of the No Vote

IX. Going it Alone

X. One Last Try

XI. Aftermath

XII. Consequences

XIII. The Sesquicentenary of Confederation

4. 'A Small But Significant Step': Australia and the Republic

I. The Combatants

II. Enter Paul Keating

III. Mapping the Course: The Republic Advisory Committee

IV. Becalmed

V. John Howard and the Republic

VI. The Convention

VII. Australia Votes No

VIII. Why the Republic was Lost

IX. Where Next for Republican Australia?

X. Constitutional Change and National Identity

5. 'Power to The People'?: The UK Constitution After Blair

I. Brown Arrives

II. Britishness
III. Governance of Britain

IV. The Coalition and Constitutional Reform

V. Brexit

VI. What Next for the British Constitution?

VII. Public Engagement

VIII. Public Reaction to the Reforms

IX. The Future of Britain

X. Brown and the Constitution

6. Changing States, Changing Nations

I. Three Stories: One Pattern?

II. Lessons for Reformers?

III. Re-engineering National Identity

IV. Changing States, Changing Nations

Über Autor(innen)

Mcdonald, Andrew
Andrew McDonald was a Civil Servant until his retirement in 2014. He led the constitutional reform programme in the UK from 2003-05, developing and implementing the first ever constitutional strategy. He remained in the forefront of constitutional affairs, serving as the first CEO of IPSA, the body established to resolve the crisis over MPs' expenses. Andrew wrote widely on constitutional affairs and held fellowships at the University of Oxford, the Australian National University and University of California, Berkeley.

Andrew McDonald was a Civil Servant until his retirement in 2014. He led the constitutional reform programme in the UK from 2003-05, developing and implementing the first ever constitutional strategy. He remained in the forefront of constitutional affairs, serving as the first CEO of IPSA, the body established to resolve the crisis over MPs' expenses.