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INDEX Act of Union (1707), 2, 100 Chalmers, T., 111 Anglo-Irish Agreement (1925), 74 Charity Organisation Society, 111-12 Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985), 69, Charles II, King of Great Britain, 101 75-7, 86, 103 Charter 88, vii, 76, 103, 159 Anti-Centralisation Union, 108 Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of, 101 Anti-Corn Law League, 28 Chesterton, G. K., 108 Arnold, Thomas, 110 Christian influences, 16, 50, 70-3, 75, Ascherson, Neal, 97 80-1, 100 Assembly of Welsh Counties, 60 Christie, Campbell, 53 Autonomy, see Regions and Church of Scotland, 41, 100 Regionalism Citizenship, 109-12, 154, 171 Claim of Right for Scotlend, A, 49-50, Barker, Ernest, Sir, 93n 100, 159 Basques, 119-20, 122, 124-5, 128 Clark, Jonathan, 1 Barrow, G. W.S., 38, 38n Cobbett, William, 92 Basque National Party (PNV), 122 Cobden, Robert, 27, 30 Beer, Samuel, 36 Cole,G . D. H., 108, 114 Bentham, J., 101 Coleg Harlech, see Harlech Bevan, Aneurin, 2 Collins, Gerard, 23 Bill of Rights, 19-20, 103, 173 Colls, Robert, 94n Birch, A. H., 27n Commission of the European Blackstone, William, Sir, 101-2 Communities, 137n, 138n, 141, Blake, Robert (Lord), 93, 93n 143, 143n, 144, 151): Bogdanor, V., 106n Common Agricultura! Policy (CAP), Briggs, A., 28n 10-11, 14, 137, 142-3 British Social Attitudes Report (1990), Connor, Walter, 96n 70-2 Conservative Party (UK), 46, 56, 117- Britishness, 3-6, 69, 90-1, 96-9, 168- 18, 157, 163 71; see also Englishness Constitution of Ireland (1937), 85 Brown, Alice, 47n Constitution of Spain (1978), 125 Buchanan, G., 41 Constitutional reform, vii, 55, 76, Burke, Edmund, 3, 92, 101 102-4, 116, 132-3, 151-3, 158-60, Burns, Robert, 3, 40, 44 171-5; entrenchment, 154—5; and Burrows, Bernard, 106n Scotland, 48-54, 160-3; and United Kingdom, 103-4, 165-7, 171-5 Campaign for a Scottish Assembly, vii, Constitutional Statutes Bill, 155-6 48, 49, 49n Constitutional Steering Committee, 49 Cannadine, David, 5 Convention of Scottish Local Carlyle, Thomas, 110 Authorities, 50 Carty, Tom, 117, 117n Cook, Robin, MP, 103 Catalonia, 122-4, 131-2 Council of European Regions, 105 Catholic Church, 73-4 Council of Ministers, 17, 19 Celtic identity, 2-3, 57-8, 80-1 Crick, Bernard, 82, 98n, 100n, 103n Central Office of Information, 90 Crosland, Antony, 112 Centre for Local Economic Strategies, Crouch, Colin, 30n, 106n 106 Crowther-nHt , Lord, 114 177 INDEX Crozier, M., 78n European integration, 9-12, 29-31, Cultural traditions, 3, 40-1, 79, 83, 134, 141-5, 149-50; economic 94-5, 108-12 factors, 13-16; effects on identity, Currie, Austin, 82 19-20; and Single European Act, Curtis, J., 70n 138-9 Cymru, see Wales European Investment Bank (EIB), 137 European Monetary System (EMS), 14-15 Dahl, Robert, 57n European Parliament, 22, 141 Dahrendorf, Ralph, 172 European Regional Development Dalyell, Tam, MP, 55 Davie, G. ©., 44n, 109n Fund (ERDF), 140 European Social Charter, 8, 21-2 Davies, Rees, 57n European Social Fund (ESF), 137, Decentraiism, see Regionalism and 140n Regions, and Devolution Evans, Irene, 117n Declaration of Arbroath (1320), 41 Ewing, Winifred, MEP, 47 Degenaar, Johannes, 96n Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), Democratic Unionist Party (N. 14,15 Ireland), 72 Denton, G., 106n de Rougement, D., 105 Fair, John, 108n De Valera, Eamon, 80-1 Fawcett, C. B., 107, 109, 113 Devolution, 50-4, 60, 162, 165-6, Federalism, 103, 105. 114, 163 174-5; see also Regionalism and Ferguson, Adam, 109 Regions Fianna Fail, 80 Dewar, Donald, MP, 163 Fine Gael, 22 Dodd, Philip, 94n Fletcher, Andrew, 109 Donaldson, William, 44n, 110 Foster, Roy, 78n Donnachie, lan, 42n Fraga, Manuel, 132 Drucker, H., 43n, 98n Franco, General, 120-1 Free Presbyterian Church (N. Ireland), 73 Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), 15, 138-9, 144-8 Economist, The ,5 6 Gaelic Athletic Association, 83 Edwards, Owen Dudley, 49n Gaitskell, H., 113 Gallagher, Tom, 70n, 129n Electoral Systems, 20-1, 154, 172-3 Eliot, T.S., 114 Geddes, Patrick, 109 Englishness, 4, 16, 39, 55, 62, 91-6; Gentleman, cult of the, 94-5 see also Britishness Gibbons, J., 132n English ideology, see Sovereignty Giliomee, Hermann, 96n ETA, 123-4 Gladstone, W. E., 28 Environment, 64-5 Graham, R., 121n Ethnic pluralism, 102-4 Greenbaum, S. 59n European Community, 23, 30-1, 47, Grieve, Sir Robert, 49 55, 78, 84, 88, 103, 130-1, 134-5, Griffith, John, 103 137-49; impact on Britain and Guardian, The, viii, 108, 112, 115, Ireland, 7-13 168-70 European Convention on Human Rights, 19-20, 52, 173 Hadden, Tom, 68n European Court of Justice, 19 Harlech, vii-viii 178 INDEX Harvie, Christopher, 42n, 43n, 105n, Language question, see Linguistic 110n, 111n, 114n divisions Hattersley, Roy, MP, 55, 103, 171 Laski, Harold, 102, 108 Haughey, Charles, 23, 78 Lenin, V.1., 26 Heald, David, 54n Lewis, Norman, 100n Hendry, Joy, 117n Liberal Democratic Party (UK), 48, Highlands and Islands Development Board, 117 Lindsay, Isobel, 50n History as taught, 1-3, 98 Linguistic divisions, 2, 58-61 Hobbes, Thomas, 99-101 Lloyd George, David, 28 Hobsbawm, Eric, 91n London, dominance of, 115-74 Hodges, M., 138n London County Council, 112 Hogg, James, 41 Lowell, A. L., 92 House of Commons, 20, 153, 154 House of Lords, 5, 106, 160, 173 Macartney, Alan, 47n Human Rights, see Bill of Rights MacDougall Report (1977), 150n Macfarlane, Alan, 94 Identity, problems of, vii—viii, 1-6, 33- Macintosh, John, 43, 97-8 4, 38-41, 69-73, 168-71; see also MacKinder, Sir Halford, 112 British, Celtic, English, Irish, Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 45 Northern Irish, ‘Ukanian’, Welsh Major, John, MP, 5, 78, 86, 103 Individualism, 94 Manchester Guardian, see Guardian Inglehart, Ronald, 36 Marquand, David, 30n, 112, 106n, Institute of Economic Affairs, 159 117n IONA (islands of the North Atlantic), Martin, David, MEP, 52 88 Marx, Karl, 25-6, 107 Ireland Act (1949), 75 McCrone, David, 54n Irish identity, 74-5, 80-5; dual Mill, J. S., 27 identities, 97-9; see also Northern Millan, Bruce, 105 Ireland Morgan, Kenneth, 107, 112 Irish Tourist Board, 82 Morrison, Herbert, 112 Multi-nationalism, vii—viii, 1-6, 96-7 Jaszi, Oscar, 125n John Lewis Partnership, 117 Nairn, Tom, 97, 109n Johnston, Tom, 114 Namier, Lewis, Sir, 94 Jones, George, 115 National History, 1-3, 98 Jowell, Roger, 70n National History Curriculum, 98 Juan Carlos, King of Spain, 123 Nationalism, 47-50, 57, 86-7; Irish, 8, 80-1; Marxist account, 25-6; liberal Kane, Pat, 46n account, 27-9; internationalist, 29- Kearney, Hugh, 99 31; nations and regions, 31-4; Kellas, James, 54n English, 46-7, 92-3; Scottish, 48- Kilbrandon Commission, 106, 114 50; Welsh, 47-9; and imperialism, Kohr, Leopold, 105 92; and patriotism, 96; see also Kolakowski, Leszek, 25n, 27n Identity and Multinationalism NATO, 7, 10, 23 Labour Party (UK), 48-54, 103, 112, Neutrality, Irish, 23 116-18, 157, 161, 163,171 New Consensus Group, 77 Lane, Robert, 47n Nicholson, Max, 117 179 INDEX North, Frederick 8th Lord North, 101 Robson, W. A., 108, 114 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Rose, Richard, 71 see NATO Rosie, George, 54n Northern Ireland Constitution Act Ross, James, 49, 151n (1973), 103 Royal Commission on the Northern Irish, 69-73; and Ireland Constitution, 106n 74-5; and Europe, 78 Royal Commission on Local Government (1969), 115n O'Leary, Brendan, 72n Rustin, Michael, 103n Orwell, George, 95-6, 114 Osmond, John, 105n Scotland Act, 1978, 53, 151, 161 Scott, C. P., 112 Paisley, Rev. lan, MP, MEP, 73 Scott, W., 3, 40, 44,91, 110 Parek, Bhiku, 104n Scottish Assembly, 43, 48, 54, 165 Paris Charter for a New Europe, 78 Scottish Charter of Rights, 52 Parliament, 18-19; of Scotland, 53-4; Scottish Constitutional Convention, parliamentary sovereignty, 99-102, 41, 48, 50-6, 117, 156, 161 151-6 Scoitish Development Agency, 35 Parliamentary Assembly (British- Scottish Economic Committee, 113 Irish), 77 Scottish Government Year Book, 47 Paterson, Lindsay, 39n Scottish identity, 38-45; democratic Pearce, Edward, 66n myth, 41-2; modern Renaissance, Pearse, Patrick, 80 45; and independence, 56; Plaid Cymru, 57, 61-7, 101 leadership in reform, 160-3, 169 Pluralism, 102-4, 170 Scottish National Development PNV (Basque National Party), 122 Council, 113 Pocock, J.G. A., 98 Scottish National Party (SNP), 43, 47- Political and Economic Planning, 108 8, 50-1, 56, 97, 161 Prebble, John, 91n Scottish Office, 42, 46, 53, 158 Priestley, J. B., 114 Scottish Trades Union Congress, 50, Primo de Rivera, General, 122 52, 161 Provincialism, see Regionalism and SDLP (Social, Democratic and Labour Regions Party), 71-2 Select Committee on Scottish Affairs, Redcliffe-Maud Commission, 114, 46 115n Senior, Denis, 114 Referendum of 1979, 38, 48 Sillars, James, MP, 47, 50-1 Regionalism and Regions, 31-5, 66, Single European Act, 102, 138, 140-1 105-7, 164-5; in Europe, 36; in Sinn Fein, 71-2 Ireland, 83-4; in Germany, 105-6; Smith, Adam, 27-8 decline in England, 1 10-14; Spanish Smith, T. Dan, 115 example, 119-20, 126-8; and the Smith, Thomas, 49n EC, 145-8; and constitutional Smith, Toulmin, 108 reform, 166. See also Devolution SNP see Scottish National Party Revolution, Harvie’s prophecy, 117 Social, Democratic and Labour Party Rights, see Bill of Rights, and (SDLP), 71, 72 European Convention on Human Social attitudes, see British Social Rights Attitudes Robbins, Keith, 98-9 Sovereignty, vii, 8, 48-9, 99-102, 121, Robinson, Mary, 68, 81-2 149; impact on Britain and Ireland INDEX compared, 8-12; of Parliament, Ukanian, 66, 97; and see Nairn, Tom 109-13, 151-2 Union of the Democratic Centre Spain, 119-33; transition to (Spain), 124, 128 democracy, 123-6; lessons for United Kingdom, nature of, 4-6, 55-6, Britain, 126-7; differing time-scales, 91 128-30 United Nations, 84 Spanish Socialist Workers Party Urquhart, David, 108 (PSOE), 129, 129n, 130 Stalin, J., 27 Voltaire, 93 Statute of Westminster (1931), 8 Stevenson, R. L., 40 Wales, see Welsh Stokes, E. T., 91n Wallace, William, 138n Stone, Norman, 1, 3 Wallas, Graham, 109 Suarez, Adolpho (Prime Minister of Weber, Eugen, 32n Portugal), 123-4, 128 Wells, H. G., 95, 108 Swift, Jonathan, 3 Welsh, 56-67; obsession with state, 65-7 Tawney, R. H., 94 Welsh Development Agency, 61 Taxation, negative view, 166 Welsh Office, 60-1, 64-5 Terrorism, 87 West European Union (WEUV), 10, 23 Thatcher, Margaret, MP, 1, 6, 40, 46, Western Mail, 61 47, 78, 86, 96, 115, 120 Whitelaw, William (Lord), 124 Thomas, Dylan, 3, 58 Whyte, John, 70, 72 Tocqueville, Alexis de, 94 Wiener, Martin, 111n Town Planning Institute, 108 Wilson, Gordon, 47 Toynbee, Arnold, 111 Wilson, Woodrow, 28 Treaty of Rome (1957), 7, 102, 137 Wood, Ian, 42n Treaty of Union (1707), 18, 44, 90, Wordsworth, William, 110 100, 155, 163 Worsthorne, Peregrine, Sir, 4 Trevor-Roper, Hugh (Lord Dacre), 9in Yeats, W. B., 3 Ulster, see Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party, 72