British Irish Institutional Structures: Towards a New Relationship

John Coakley

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Abstract

Growing institutional cooperation between the Republic of Ireland and the UK,
initially directed explicitly at resolution of the Northern Ireland conflict, has taken the form of three parallel institutional structures. First, an Anglo-Irish (later, British–Irish) Intergovernmental Conference has dealt with matters relating to the government of Northern Ireland in areas to which power is not devolved, and with certain other ‘sovereign’ matters. Second, a British–Irish Council links not just the two sovereign governments but also the devolved institutions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Third, a matching British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly provides common ground for representatives of the legislative bodies of the same jurisdictions. The
paper tracks the evolution of these structures, and assesses the significance of the new institutions for the British–Irish relationship.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)76-97
Number of pages22
JournalIrish Political Studies
Volume29
Issue number1
Early online date06 Feb 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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