Anglie v devoluční politice New Labour
England and New Labour Politics of Devolution

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses reasons for restrained and reserved politics of regionalisation of England in relation to the New Labour politics of devolution. It stresses main projects of regionalisation of England formulated before 1997 and it details circumstances of introduction regionalisation proposals after 1997. A chosen approach implies a comparative framework which can help us to understand how broad set of devolution politics took place in different parts of the United Kingdom under the New Labour government and also to find the reasons for unsuccessful North-East referendum. Conclusions of analysis specify the differences between devolution proposed to Scottish and Welsh societies and administrative decentralisation (or deconcentration) which has been used for England. New Labour was motivated to adopt these “rolling devolution” proposals to strengthen the role of the centre in the process of proposed constitutional changes.

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