Georgina Blakeley is Director of Teaching and Learning at the University of Huddersfield Brendan Evans is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Huddersfield -- .
'Overall, this is an excellent book that makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of devolved governance in England. It is essential reading for those interested in the evolution of local governance and devolution in England, central-local relations and territorial politics more widely. The analysis underlines the validity of the much-quoted dictum, ‘devolution is a process, not an event’. I very much look forward to volume two on the second mayoral terms.' Paul Anderson, Regional & Federal Studies -- .