Home Rule
Parnell's parliamentary campaign
Home Rule is a political arrangement in which a region or territory governs its own internal affairs while remaining part of a larger state.
The term is most associated with the movement for Irish self-governance within the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: The Home Rule bills repeatedly failed in Parliament.
In American usage, home rule refers to the power of cities or counties to manage local matters without state interference: The city operates under home rule.
Ruling oneself independently
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
assembly · council · jurisdiction · charter · municipality · sovereignty · federation · subsidiarity
Anglo-Saxon hereditary name
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- DublinIrish capital city
- WestminsterLondon's political center
- UlsterIrish northern province
partition · repeal · nationalist · unionist · Irish Free State · self-determination · federalism
Scotland's devolved legislative body
- HolyroodScottish seat of government
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
- independence movementOrganized push for self-rule
Edinburgh · Westminster · reserved powers · constitutional convention
self-government
Ruling oneself independently
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
parliament · assembly · council · jurisdiction · charter · municipality · sovereignty · federation · subsidiarity · regional authority
Gladstone
Anglo-Saxon hereditary name
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- DublinIrish capital city
- WestminsterLondon's political center
Ulster · partition · repeal · nationalist · unionist · Irish Free State · self-determination · federalism
Scottish Parliament
Scotland's devolved legislative body
- HolyroodScottish seat of government
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
independence movement · Edinburgh · Westminster · reserved powers · constitutional convention
Home Ruledirect rule
Governance without intermediaries
colonial rule · imperial rule · foreign domination · military occupation · martial law
Home Rulenational independence
A nation governing itself
statehood · secession · separation · annexation · incorporation