In Scotland, the formation of a minority government in 2007 by the Scottish National Party (SNP) provided the potential for profound changes in intergovernmental relations (IGR). This followed eight years of Scottish Labour-led coalition government characterised by a low-key and informal...

Landmark studies in the discipline argue that there is considerable value to the use of multiple theories in the study of public policy. Yet, the literature is less clear about how we use them. For example, do we assume they are complementary and seek to combine their insights? If so, do we seek...

The term ‘politics-facilitating occupation' is used widely but loosely in the MP recruitment literature. Comparative evidence suggests that this term has a different meaning according to the country, parliament and time period in which it is evoked. Most discussions do not fully explore party...

Devolution in the UK forms part of a wider process of spatial rescaling across Europe. Little work has been done on its effect on interest articulation. The literature on policy communities treats them as sectoral in scope. We propose the concept of lsquo;territorial policy communities' to...