Have Your Say: Debate with the IWA
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our publications or events, please email us on: debatewales@iwa.org.uk
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Response to the Welsh Assembly Government's
Proposals to Change the Structure of the NHS in Wales
Response of Academy Health Wales and the Institute of Welsh Affairs.
Spine for the Dragon by John Osmond
In the Opinion article from the Spring 2008 issue of agenda
John Osmond examines the case for upgrading north-south road links.
A Road to Dream About by John Osmond
Plus Response by Bryn Jones
An article about the A470 that first appeared in the Daily Post
on 3 January 2008.
Beyond Symbolism by Richard Brunstrom
In the Opinion article from the Winter 2007/08 issue of agenda
the Chief Constable of North Wales explains why incomers like him
should be required to learn Welsh.
The idea of Britishness solved - Wales
is where it is at
Review of Crossing the Rubicon, first posted on opendemocracy.net
Forming a Welsh Government May 2007:
the post-election party discussions
Including "One Wales", the agreement between the
Labour & Plaid Cymru groups in the National Assembly.
A Welsh Mystery Tour by John Osmond
John Osmond asks where devolution is taking the National Assembly.
Connecting with the Consumer
by Rhys David
A presentation made to a conference on Images of Wales at the University
of Brest, France, 26 January 2007.
Progressive Universalism by Mark
Drakeford
In the Opinion article from the Winter 2007 issue of agenda
Mark Drakeford outlines six principles of social justice which underpin
the Assembly's policy approach.
The Political Context by Gerald
Holtham
The lunchtime presentation made at the IWA's Time To Deliver conference
on 27 November 2006 at the Thistle Hotel Cardiff.
Celebrating Citizenship
by Neil Evans
Neil Evans makes a plea for a museum of political culture which,
he says, should be located in Merthyr. From the Summer 2006 issue
of agenda.
Engaging with the Welsh Poverty Agenda
by John Osmond
A presentation made to the Governance in Wales Annual Conference,
Cardiff, July 2006.
Wales after Richard, before the
2007 Elections by Dafydd Wigley
Dafydd Wigley's presentation to the July 2006 Freudenstadt Colloquium
on Europe and the Regions.
A Pier with too few Supports
by Professor Sir John Cadogan
The Opinion article from the Spring 2006 issue of agenda
argues that the Assembly Government should base its science policy
on scientific rather than economic principles.
Dial M for Merthyr by David Pickernell
A follow-on to the 2004 IWA report on the Socio-Economic Characteristics
of the South Wales Valleys.
Productivity at the Periphery: what
can Wales do to compete? by Professor Nicholas Crafts
The Julian Hodge Institute of Applied Macroeconomics Annual Lecture
for 2005.
Capital Network by Kevin Morgan
Professor Kevin Morgan examines obstacles that lie in the way of
economic collaboration between Cardiff and the Valleys. From the
Winter 2005/06 issue of agenda.
Welsh Europeans: "Solidarity
Among Strangers" by John Osmond
This essay is included as a chapter in Resolving The European
Crisis: Perspectives on the future of the European Union, edited
by Paul Jervis and published by Middlesex University Press in November
2005.
Destination Unkown by Chris Harvie
The Upfront article from the Summer 2005 issue of agenda.
In the wake of France and Holland's rejection of the Union's forward
march, Chris Harvie asks: whatever happened to regional Europe?
Power Broke by John Osmond
The Upfront article from the Spring 2005 issue of agenda.
John Osmond looks at the career of Denzil Davies to discover some
clues on the future role of Welsh MPs at Westminster.
Collaboration not Competition by
Rhodri Morgan
The Upfront article from the Autumn 2004 issue of agenda.
First Minister Rhodri Morgan outlines the distinctive philosophy
his government is bringing to the solution of Welsh problems.
Terrific Trevithick! IWA Conference
29 October 2004
Papers from the IWA's conference celebrating the Trevithick anniversary.
Migration, identity and development
by Cynog Dafis
The Editorial from the Summer 2004 issue of agenda. Cynog
Dafis says the biggest threat comes from people moving out of Wales,
rather than from those coming in.
Borders in the Mind by Grahame
Davies
The Editorial from the Spring 2004 issue of agenda. Poet
and literary critic Grahame Davies untangles the historical threads
of Wales's troubled relationship with England.
Community Approaches to Poverty
in Wales by John Osmond and Jessica Mugaseth
This essay argues that if we are to have any chance of tackling
poverty in Wales over the coming decade we will have to get to grips
with the intractable concentration of localised difficulties in
the southern Valleys.
A Post National Wales by Chris
Williams
The Editorial from the Winter 2003/04 issue of agenda.
Professor Chris Williams says it is time to move on from irresolvable
problems of nationality to a more open, participatory society.
A Green Wales by Professor Phil
Williams
The Editorial from the Summer 2003 issue of agenda in which
the late Phil Williams charts the progress of the Assembly's efforts
to get to grips with its duty to promote sustainable development.
The Turn-out in the May 2003 National
Assembly Election by John Osmond
Plus Response by Kevin Rowe
Declining turn-out is a common experience across the western democracies
and Wales is no exception. John Osmond discusses the May 2003 turnout.
Whitehall Versus Wales by
Robert Hazell
The Editorial from the Spring 2003 issue of Agenda, analysing
the way Westminster shares legislative power with Cardiff.
Two Tongues by John Osmond
The Editorial from the Winter 2002/03 issue of Agenda.
John Osmond on the outlook for the Welsh language.
The European Convention
by Brendan Donnelly
A snapshot of the present state of the European Convention's work
and likely impact.
Global Trends by Gerry Holtham
The Editorial from the Summer 2002 issue of Agenda.
Europe's Crossroads by
Hywel Ceri Jones
The Editorial from the Spring 2002 issue of Agenda.
Ground Zero by Geraint Talfan
Davies
The Editorial from the Autumn 2001 issue of Agenda.
The Laeken Summit: A Milestone
for Europe by John Palmer
John Palmer, former European Editor of The Guardian,
reports from the Laeken Summit.
Dissecting Laeken: A Personal
View by Kirsty Hughes
The ambitious policy decisions agreed by the EU at the Laeken
Summit carry both promise and threat for the community's future.
Future Scenarios for Rural
Wales by Peter Midmore
Plus: Response to paper by Will Carter
This paper, presented to a St. David's Forum on Futures for
Rural Wales, examines the current crisis confronting the rural Wales
economy.
Welsh Political
Institutions in 2010 by John Osmond
This paper, presented to the inaugural national conference of
the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, argues
that the likely advent of legislative powers for the Assembly will
cause further changes in its relationship with local authorities.
Consensus Growing for Stronger
Assembly by Alistair Cole, J. Barry Jones and Alan Storer
During June 2001 Market Research Wales carried out an opinion
poll on attitudes to the National Assembly. The results provide
a highly positive measure of the devolution process in Wales, with
the suggestion that a more cohesive Welsh attitude to devolution
is emerging.
Alternative Routes
to Power: The Potential for Political Regionalism in England
by John Osmond
A paper based on a presentation made by the author to the 20th
British-Bavarian seminar Britain Today: Key Policy Challenges, at
Hohenkammer near Munich, July 2001.
Where the Global Meets
the Local by Professor Gareth Wyn Jones
Wales is one epicentre for defining choices facing global society.
We have to address the extent of the National Assembly's powers,
our relationship with the European Union, the capitalist market
model we wish to follow, our security in a world of diminishing
resources, and the challenge of climate change. The political parties
should come together to agree a consensus to drive forward a progressive
agenda following the next Assembly election in May 2003.
Labour's Welsh Hegemony
Shaken in 1999, Stirred in 2001 by John Osmond
Plus: Response to article by Chris Bryant MP
The outcome of the 2001 general election in Wales allowed all four
parties to claim an advance. However, the real battle is still to
come - in May 2003 when the National Assembly goes to the polls.
Dr. Britain by Tom
Nairn
The absent or fog-shrouded hinterland to Tony Blair provides him with
a quintessentially 'British' identity, detached from England, Scotland
or Wales. He is the vehicle for Labour's transformation, in which
Left has become Right. Who else in the ranks of New Labour can 'speak
for Britain' in just his easy fashion?
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