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devolution Politics a transfer or allocation of authority, esp from a central government to regional governments or particular interests How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| My own country, Scotland, just recently secured devolved government for the first time and we now have responsibility for all aspects of health policy. After more than 25 years of violent opposition to a "partitionist" solution to the Northern Irish conflict, once militant republicans in Sinn Fein, the IRA's political wing, accepted a devolved government founded on the legitimacy of partition--at least as an interim arrangement. Belfast--The current accepted wisdom that the peace process in Northern Ireland is progressing under the devolved government is given the lie by reports from the Finucane Human Rights Centre in Derry. |
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