No. 102 - 'Pandora’s Box. The unintended consequences of the devolution reform in the United Kingdom'

Institute for Western Affairs' Bulletin (No. 102/2012) Dr. Bartłomiej H. Toszek, 'Pandora's Box. The unintended consequences of the devolution reform in the United Kingdom'

The current aspirations of the partial or full political emancipation of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland constitute an unintended result of the devolution reform started in 1997. The seizure of power by a conservative-liberal coalition in 2010 weakened the development of these processes. The government of D. Cameron faced a dilemma of whether to reject the existing effects of the devolution reform or to further decentralize the United Kingdom.