The British Perception of Decentralization

In recent decades, many nation-states have sought to plan or reform the system of devolution and delegation of authority to their local units. Given France's long history of decentralization, many nation-states follow the French model of decentralization. In Britain, however, a different perception of decentralization has made its legal-political structure different from other countries. In this study, we study the decentralization system in the UK. Given the various dimensions of the issue, decentralization in Britain can be seen as the transfer of political and legislative powers, or more accurately, the "devolution" in many local affairs to the constituent units of the United Kingdom. This means that in Britain a different and specific view of decentralization prevails compared to the French model, and the decentralization system in this country goes beyond giving mere administrative and executive decision-making authority to local units and reach to devolving legislative competence in local affairs to constituent units. Accordingly, asymmetry, the granting of a high degree of freedom of action to local units, a unique financing system and a bottom-up design are among the most important features of the decentralization system in the UK