Devolution In Wales

Author : John Gilbert Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004834790

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Devolution in Wales by John Gilbert Evans Pdf

1937-1979 was a distinctive period in the political history of Wales. It began with a demand by MPs from all parties that a secretary of state be appointed, and ended in 1979 with the referendum on a Welsh assembly, the 'end of a era' in the words of Lord Cledwyn. This book shows how devolution was an issue in Welsh politics during the period under review, how British governments responded to devolutionists' demands, and how much was eventually conceded. Early on, two important developments were the setting up in 1949 of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire and the appointment in 1951 of a minister for Welsh Affairs. Significantly the Council recommended in 1957 that a secretary of state be appointed and Labour acted on that proposal in 1964. The book examines the changing pattern of Labour thinking with regard to Wales and also the various nationalist challenges that threatened its dominance in the 1960s and 1970s. The referendum on the Labour government's devolution proposals is seen as bringing to an end a period in which both Labour and Conservative governments had been forced into a consideration of Welsh matters, and had been made to think about the precise way in which Wales should be administered within the British system.

Author : Alistair Cole,Ian Stafford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137436719

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Devolution and Governance by Alistair Cole,Ian Stafford Pdf

This book examines the development of Welsh devolution in the context of great economic and political uncertainty. Drawing on research carried out over more than a decade, it explores whether Welsh devolution has developed the capacity to resist internal and external pressures and to continue to pursue a distinctive political and policy agenda.

Author : Dan Evans,Kieron Smith,Huw Williams
Publisher : Parthian Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781914595042

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The Welsh Way by Dan Evans,Kieron Smith,Huw Williams Pdf

This book argues for a new Welsh Way, one that is truly radical and transformational. A call for a political engagement that will create real opportunity for change. Neoliberalism has firmly taken hold in Wales. The 'clear red water' is darkening. The wounds of poverty, inequality, and disengagement, far from being healed, have worsened. Child poverty has reached epidemic levels: the worst in the UK. Educational attainment remains stubbornly low, particularly in deprived communities. Prison population rates are among the highest in Europe. Unemployment remains stubbornly high. House prices are rising, with the private rented sector lining the pockets of an ever-increasing number of private landlords. Minority groups are consistently marginalised. All this is not to mention the devastatingly disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on working class communities. The Welsh Way interrogates neoliberalism's grasp on Welsh life. It challenges the lazy claims about the 'successes' of devolution, fabricated by Welsh politicians and regurgitated within a tepid, attenuated public sphere. These wide-ranging essays examine the manifold ways in which neoliberalism now permeates all areas of Welsh culture, politics and society. They also look to a wider world, to the global trends and tendencies that have given shape to Welsh life today. Together, they encourage us to imagine, and demand, another Welsh future.

Author : De Zhong Gao
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783656120070

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Devolution in Wales by De Zhong Gao Pdf

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Miscellaneous, grade: "-", McGill University, course: Nations and States in the Developed World, language: English, abstract: In the context of devolutionary Britain, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have all undergone profound administrative and political changes. Particularly in Wales, devolutionary policies have revived Welsh culture and nationalism and taken a politicized standing in advancing concessions from London. This essay will explore the political and socio-economic factors, and consequences of Welsh nationalism, and how grand theories of nationalism studied political theory can help us better comprehend Welsh nationalism.

Author : Richard Wyn Jones,Roger Scully
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780708326428

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Wales Says Yes by Richard Wyn Jones,Roger Scully Pdf

Wales Says Yes provides the definitive account and analysis of the March 2011 Welsh referendum. Drawing on extensive historical research, the book explains the background to the referendum, why it was held, and what was at stake. The book also explains how the rival Yes and No campaigns emerged, and the varying degree of success with which they functioned. Through a detailed account of the results, and analysis of survey evidence on Welsh voters, the book explains why Wales voted Yes in March 2011. Finally, it considers what that result may mean for the future of both Wales and the UK.

Author : Jennifer Wallace
Publisher : Springer
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030022303

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Wellbeing and Devolution by Jennifer Wallace Pdf

It has been over twenty years since the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland voted for devolution. Over that time, the devolved legislatures have established themselves and matured their approach to governance. At different times and for different reasons, each has put wellbeing at the heart of their approach – codifying their values and goals within wellbeing frameworks. This open access book explores, for the first time, why each set their goal as improving wellbeing and how they balance the core elements of societal wellbeing (economic, social and environmental outcomes). Do the frameworks represent a genuine attempt to think differently about how devolved government can plan and organise public services? And if so, what early indications are there of the impact is this having on people’s lives?

Author : Elin Royles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X030275770

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Revitalizing Democracy? by Elin Royles Pdf

Devolution, or home rule, is the transfer of power from a more centralized form of government to one that is of a local or regional nature. This book-length study examines the impact of the devolution from British rule on Welsh civil society during the Welsh Assembly's first term, from 1999 to 2003. Comprehensive theoretical examination is paired with case-based research in order to discuss the relationship between civil society, democracy, and national identity, and to question whether civil society contributes to promoting a stronger sense of Welsh national identity--essential reading for all those interested in contemporary Welsh politics.

Author : Michael Connolly,Stephen Prosser,Rod Hough,Kathryn Potter
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781845404789

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Making it Happen in Public Service by Michael Connolly,Stephen Prosser,Rod Hough,Kathryn Potter Pdf

This book examines the change management strategies and processes employed to ensure that the Labour Government’s commitment to devolution became a reality in Wales. It is an account of constitutional, cultural, organizational and human change set within a dynamic political context and is based on unprecedented research access to devolution papers and the politicians and civil servants concerned with the changes.

Author : Paul Chaney,Tom Hall,Andrew Pithouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Home rule
ISBN : UCSC:32106016824796

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New Governance - New Democracy? by Paul Chaney,Tom Hall,Andrew Pithouse Pdf

The creation of the National Assembly for Wales and Scottish Parliament has altered the democratic landscape of the UK. In assuming many policy and adminstraitve responsiblities previously held by the central government, the Welsh assembly promises innovation in governance and there are high expectations that devolution will bring about significant changes in Welsh life. New Governance - New Democracy? questions whether these expectations are likely to be fulfiled. Drawing on interviews with many of the people who have influenced the devolution experiment, from poltitions to ordinary citizens, this book offers interdisciplinary discussion and analysis of issues ranging from electorial turnout, participation and legitimacy to the involvement of marginalized groups in the process of government. It also examines the developing relationship between the new Welsh legislature and the voluntary sector, the governance of economic development and the regulation and political control of public agencies in Wales.

Author : Richard Rawlings,University of Wales Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:867966576

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Delineating Wales by Richard Rawlings,University of Wales Press Pdf

Author : Russell Deacon
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780748699742

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Government and Politics of Wales by Russell Deacon Pdf

A new analysis of mind/body unity, based on the philosophy of Spinoza.

Author : Nickie Charles,Charlotte Aull Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783164233

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Gender and Social Justice in Wales by Nickie Charles,Charlotte Aull Davies Pdf

This book assesses how policies developed by the National Assembly for Wales are affecting gender inequalities and investigates whether they are having an impact on social justice for women in Wales. In 1999 the first elections to devolved governments took place in Scotland and Wales. In Wales this resulted in 40 per cent of Assembly Members being women. In 2003 this proportion increased to 50 per cent which makes the National Assembly for Wales ‘the first legislative body with equal numbers of men and women in the world’ (“The Guardian”, 3/5/03). This new gender balance of political representatives is a significant change in the gendering of political institutions and this, together with the creation of a new tier of government, has the potential to create new opportunities for the development of social policies which address gender and other social inequalities. Focusing on distinct policy domains, this book explores gender politics in a devolved Wales. Each chapter investigates a particular aspect of social policy, exploring the way it has developed since devolution and the extent to which considerations of gender and social justice for women are central to this development. The empirical chapters which form the core of the book are situated theoretically and politically by the first chapter which discusses how gender and social justice can be theorised and explores devolution and its relation to gender politics in Wales.

Author : Great Britain. Wales Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Decentralization in government
ISBN : 1474115748

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Powers for a Purpose by Great Britain. Wales Office Pdf

Author : Gwynoro Jones,Alun Gibbard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1802270396

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Whose Wales? by Gwynoro Jones,Alun Gibbard Pdf

So whose Wales is it? There is a degree of ambiguity that runs through Welsh politics that in turn has hindered discussions of a clear Welsh political identity. Can any one party claim to have done more than any other in the fight for securing and then developing Welsh devolution? The track record of all four main players, Liberal, Labour, Conservative and Plaid Cymru, is looked at, from the time of Queen Victoria to these days of devolution and Yes Cymru. From one of the leading proponents of the devolution of Wales, Gwynoro Jones, and an award-winning author and former BBC journalist, Alun Gibbard, this well illustrated book looks at these often-bitter claims and counterclaims. Alun Gibbards' insightful documenting and analysis complement Gwynoro Jones' first-hand experience and knowledge in a project that is unique in its scope and structure. Between 1536 and 1542 the regime of Henry VIII incorporated Wales into England. Wales was to have no separate existence. Its language was banned from public life and its legal system abolished. It was meant to disappear. Yet here we are in the 21st Century with an increasingly self-governing Wales with a strong sense of identity and a pride in its language. Alun Gibbard and Gwynoro Jones have traced the revival of Wales from the industrialising country of the 1880s and the nonconformist consciousness that led to Sunday closing. They describe the bitter battles over devolution in the 1970s through to the small margin in favour of a Welsh Assembly in 1997 and on to the well-established lawmaking, tax-varying Parliament with solid public support that we see today. We were not meant to be here. This book shows how we survived. Carwyn Jones First Minister of Wales 2009-2018 The rhetorical question in the book's title, Whose Wales? echoes the kind of questions which historians and political commentators have raised over the decades, from Gwyn Alf Williams' When was Wales? to Dai Smith's enigmatic question in the title of his book on Welsh politics, Wales! Wales? Professor Sir Deian Hopkin.

Author : Robert Hazell,Richard Rawlings
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781845408152

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Devolution, Law Making and the Constitution by Robert Hazell,Richard Rawlings Pdf

Law making is a primary function of government, and how well the three devolved UK legislatures exercise this function will be a crucial test of the whole devolution project. This book provides the first systematic study and authoritative data to start that assessment. It represents the fruits of a four-year collaboration between top constitutional lawyers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and leading researchers in UCL's Constitution Unit. The book opens with detailed studies of law making in the period 1999–2004 in the Scottish Parliament and the Assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland, and how they interact with Westminster. Later contributions look at aspects of legislative partnership in the light of the UK's strongly asymmetric devolutionary development, and also explain the unexpected impact of devolution on the courts. Individual chapters focus on various constitutional aspects of law making, examining the interplay of continuity and change in political, legal and administrative practice, and the competing pressures for convergence and divergence between the different parliaments and assemblies. This book is essential reading for academics and students in law and in politics, and for anyone interested in the constitutional and legal aspects of UK devolution, not least the practitioners and policymakers in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.