ABSTRACT

Drawing on current debates on secessions within the United Kingdom, this book analyses the British State today and looks at its place in the future.
Featuring original contributions from a variety of disciplines, this study tackles the problem of defining and studying the state and looks at the role the nation-state has played as the basic political unit in Europe and throughout the world.

chapter |26 pages

The State we were in

Parliament, Centralization and English State Formation 1

chapter |22 pages

Wales and the British State

‘The Outer form of Subjugation' 1

chapter |25 pages

The British State

Sovereignty and Identities