How can we best understand and measure the relationships citizens have with different layers of UK governance?

Background

The process of EU Exit presents important challenges for UK governance. We work to ensure that we have the right governance in place to support the UK government and devolved administrations.

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    The project specifically addresses the challenges and implications of implementing the Protocol on Northern Ireland, which is relevant to understanding and measuring the relationships citizens have with different layers of UK governance.

  • ReConnect: Reconnecting citizens to the administrative state?

    The administrative state is central to democratic governance - it connects citizens to the state. The current age of political turbulence - expressed through citizen dissatisfaction and populist politics - represents a f...

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    Why might this be relevant?

    The project examines ways to improve the legitimacy of delegated agencies, which is indirectly related to understanding and measuring the relationships citizens have with different layers of UK governance.

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  • Shrinking the state: reforming arm's length bodies in an age of austerity

    Calls for a 'bonfire of the quangos' regularly appear on the political agenda in the UK, but often fail to deliver significant reforms. Now, however, the Coalition Government is making a sustained attempt to reform these...

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