ABSTRACT

Devolution within the United Kingdom is currently in its adolescence. Following the Good Friday Agreement (1998), the Northern Ireland Assembly was established, while the Scotland Act (1998) created the Scottish Parliament and the Government of Wales Act (1998) resulted in the National Assembly for Wales. Undoubtedly, this decentralisation of power has resulted in shifting concepts of Britishness, particularly as it renegotiates its position within an increasingly globalised world, as those inhabiting the geopolitical peripheries recongure their citizenship to respond to remapped territories of identity.