
The Impact of Devolution in Wales
Social Democracy with a Welsh Stripe?
- 280 pages
- English
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The Impact of Devolution in Wales
Social Democracy with a Welsh Stripe?
About this book
This volume reflects on two decades of Welsh devolution, and contributes to the debate on its significance and future course. Drawing on previously unpublished interviews undertaken by the late Professor Michael Sullivan with key protagonists in Welsh devolution, and with expert analysis from leading researchers in different disciplines and fields of policy, the book examines what has been described as the emergence through devolution of a 'Welsh stripe' in social democracy. While the volume editors conclude this epithet, coined by Professor Sullivan, is apt, this collection of essays also presents a complex, multi-faceted picture of the drivers of policy, of continuity from the pre-devolution era, as well as change driven by factors within and without Wales. A mixed picture emerges, featuring variously (and in various combinations of) boldness of ambition, distinctive ideological positioning, homegrown priority-setting, the frustrations of the devolution settlement, and adverse (arguably unfair) international comparisons.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Tables and Illustrations
- About the Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Chronology of Welsh Devolution
- Editors’ Introduction
- 1. The Sullivan Dialogues
- 2. Iechyd Da? Devolution and Healthcare
- 3. Education in Wales since Devolution
- 4. Economic Development in Wales: Evolution and Revolution
- 5. Welsh Devolution and the Quest for Sustainable Development: Into a New Era
- 6. Civil Society, Equalities and Inclusion
- 7. Threads in Policy on Children and Young People:Rights and Well-being
- 8. Towards a Million Speakers? Welsh Language Policy Post-devolution
- 9. Wales and the World
- Index
- Backcover