'Muddling through' in a devolved polity: implementation of equal opportunities policy in Scotland

This article explores the issue of devolution in the UK and argues that policy processes between the reserved and devolved polities has resulted in a landscape where there is scope for uniformity and differentiation in policy formulation and implementation between these polities. The article will ex...

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subjects Civil law
Decentralization
Devolution
devolution Scotland
Differentiation
Equal opportunities
equal opportunities policy
Equal Opportunity
Equality
Implementation
Legislation
Policy analysis
Policy implementation
Policy making
Political power
Political Systems
Public policy
Scotland
Studies
Uniformity
United Kingdom
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