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The Impact of Devolution in Wales: Social Democracy with a Welsh Stripe?

Jane Williams Orcid Logo, Aled Eirug

The Impact of Devolution in Wales: Social Democracy with a Welsh Stripe?

Swansea University Authors: Jane Williams Orcid Logo, Aled Eirug

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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 Drawing on previously unpublished interviews undertaken by the late Professor Michael Sullivan with key protagonists in Welsh devolution, and with expert analysis from leadin...

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Published in: The Impact of Devolution in Wales: Social Democracy with a Welsh Stripe?
ISBN: 9781786838865 9781786838889
Published: Cardiff University of Wales Press 2022
Online Access: https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-impact-of-devolution-in-wales/
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description 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 Drawing on previously unpublished interviews undertaken by the late Professor Michael Sullivan with key protagonists in Welsh devolution, and with expert analysis from leading researchers in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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