Bell, Christine (2014) The Smith Commission must choose between a Union basedon either separation or sharing. Democratic Audit Blog (21 Oct 2014). Website.
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Abstract
The Smith Commission is the body tasked with making recommendations on the future status of Scotland within the UK. Christine Bell argues that there is a critical choice for the Commission (and any subsequent political negotiations over devolution in Scotland and beyond). One the one hand there is the option to pursue a Union based on a rationale of separation, where ‘sharing’ of power across the UK at Westminster will require to be justified on an on-going basis in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy. The alternative option is a Union based on a rationale of sharing, which views the Union as existing because it encapsulates and can protect a set of common baseline values to which constituent parts of the Union subscribe to and have a stake in. Credit: Andrew
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| Additional Information: | © 2014 Democratic Audit UK. |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN1187 Scotland J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2015 14:52 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2025 08:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/63430 |
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