Politics and Policy | |
Clearing lines of communication
Peter Hain says the Assembly's new powers are delivering much more than their critics allow. | Winter 2009
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Legislative fog
Marie Navarro and David Lambert probe the boundaries of the National Assembly's powers. | Winter 2009
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Infant Parliament
Adrian Crompton provides an insider's view of law-making in the National Assembly. | Winter 2009
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Good timing
Dafydd Wigley outlines the options for when to hold a referendum on extending the Assembly's powers. | Winter 2009
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Fresh air in Cathays Park
John Osmond hears how the new Permanent Secretary Dame Gill Morgan is dealing with Whitehall arrogance. | Winter 2009
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Winning in Scotland
Isobel Lindsay assesses the record of the SNP minority government. | Summer 2009
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Adventures in Democracy
Geraint Talfan Davies examines an account of a reconstruction underway behind the facade of the British state. | Summer 2009
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Wales and the Matter of Britain
Cynog Dafis admires the way a Welsh Conservative is seizing the constitutional initiative. | Summer 2009
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Assembly's Legal Dividend
Carwyn Jones says a debate is needed on creating a separate jurisdiction for Wales. | Summer 2009
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Devolution's Next Step
Peter Hain urges caution in pressing ahead with a referendum on more power for the Assembly. | Summer 2009
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Rhodri's Reign
Peter Stead reflects on the First Minister's contribution to the birth of the new Wales. | Summer 2009
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Wales for Africa
Carl Clowes says the Assembly Government's efforts at relieving poverty in the sub-Sahara need a sharper focus. | Spring 2009
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Denbighshire Debacle
Derek Jones on the lessons we should learn from the travails of a Welsh county council. | Spring 2009
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Looking to Brussels
Simon Mundy says the June European elections will mark a coming of age. | Spring 2009
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Frustrations of the European Message
Eluned Morgan reflects on 15 years in the European Parliament. | Spring 2009
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Funding Brick Wall
Eurfyl ap Gwilym says the prospect of no real increase in Welsh public spending demands a culture shift in Assembly Government priorities. | Spring 2009
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Devolving Buses
Huw Lewis outlines his proposals for applying a franchise system to bus routes in Wales. | Winter 2008/09
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Community Government
Paul Griffiths discusses the progressive ideas underpinning the Labour-Plaid coalition. | Winter 2008/09
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Just Say Yes
Mike German argues that supporters of more powers for the Assembly should start campaigning now. | Winter 2008/09
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Opinion Finder
Aled Edwards assesses the role of the all-Wales convention | Winter 2008/09
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Idealists and Pragmatists
Peter Stead casts an eye over some prognostications for politics in 21st Century Wales. | Winter 2008/09
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Blogosphere
Peter Black probes the future relationship between Welsh politics and the internet. | Summer 2008
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Countryside Democracy
Kirsty Williams says members of the National Parks should be elected. | Summer 2008
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Making Votes Count
Annabelle Harle on a new effort to ensure the Welsh political cake is sliced up more fairly. | Summer 2008
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Referendum Rules
Glyn Mathias pre-empts the debate on how the forthcoming referendum on more powers for the assembly should be organised. | Summer 2008
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Guard our Inheritance
Gwilym Prys Davies says promoting the Welsh language is a key challenge facing the National Assembly. | Summer 2008
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Murphy’s Law
Alan Trench looks at the crowded in-tray of the new Secretary of State for Wales. | Spring 2008
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Facing Reality
Eurfyl ap Gwilym says London decisions have a perverse impact on the Assembly’s funding options. | Spring 2008
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Smouldering Bonfire
Nick Morris reflects on the reverberations on the WDA’s demise two years ago. | Spring 2008
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Random Politics
Gary Hicks says, like the poor, the lottery will always be with us. | Spring 2008
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Cowbridge Woman
Gareth Hughes unpicks the current debate inside Welsh Labour. | Winter 2007/08
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Battle of the blogs
Vaughan Roderick unravels the coalition talks. | Winter 2007/08
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Progressive consensus
John Osmond examines the new coalition’s policy commitments. | Winter 2007/08
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Igniting Change
Laura McAllister looks at the prospects for a Welsh Convention. | Winter 2007/08
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Reconciling the Budget
Jeremy Colman explains how the 2006 Wales Act ensures the Assembly Government is held to account for its spending. | Winter 2007/08
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Welsh Law
Keith Patchett explores the consequences of establishing a distinctive jurisdiction for Wales. | Winter 2007/08
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Mixed Messages
Denis Balsom looks beneath the surface of the Assembly’s third term election. | Summer 2007
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Damaging for devolution
A vigorous debate on Welsh issues is impossible when fewer than a third of the Welsh population read or tune in to Welsh news, says Lee Waters. | Summer 2007
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Law Focus
I) Scrutiny under examination
Aled Eirug highlights the need for reform of the Assembly’s committeee system to ensure good scrutiny and effective use of members’ time. | Summer 2007
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Law Focus
II) Switching circuits
The breaking of the courts’ link with Chester has created a Wales-only judiciary for the first time since 1831, says Keith Bush. | Summer 2007
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Law Focus
III) Llyfrau Da
Wales should celebrate the return of law-making powers by putting the books of Hywel Dda on display at the Senedd, suggests John H Davies. | Summer 2007
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Will Labour win again?
Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully read the runes for the forthcoming National Assembly election. | Winter 2007
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Time to deliver
An introduction to the IWA’s exciting new publication examining policy options for Wales during the Assembly’s third term. | Winter 2007
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Holding the reins
David Lambert and Marie Navarro ask whether the Assembly is ready to take on legislative powers. | Winter 2007
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Spending squeeze
Eurfyl ap Gwilym forecasts how UK budget decisions will impact on the Welsh block. | Winter 2007
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Roller Coaster
David Williams reflects on his highs and lows in following the National Assembly’s first six years. | Winter 2007
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Gender budgeting
Jackie Jones describes a new initiative in policy making. | Winter 2007
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Life After Rhodri
Lee Waters wonders whether the First Minister may be retiring sooner than planned. | Summer 2006
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Thank the Lord
Laura McAllister delves behind the mask of the Presiding Officer. | Summer 2006
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Second Constitution
Dafydd Elis-Thomas explains the significance of the Government of Wales Bill as it reached its final stages at Westminster. | Summer 2006
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Short termism
Eurfyl ap Gwilym calls for an Assembly Finance Committee to keep a sharper eye on spending patterns. | Summer 2006
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When I’m sixty four
Madoc Batcup argues that UK pensions policy works against Wales because of our relatively low GDP. | Summer 2006
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Too difficult?
Sarah Stone challenges many of the assumptions around charging for home care in Wales. | Summer 2006
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Tide turning
Iwan Ball queries whether political will is now flowing in favour of the Severn Barrage. | Summer 2006
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Poles Apart
Jonathan Adams recommends how Cardiff Bay can be connected with the city centre. | Spring 2006
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Barnett Squeeze
Eurfyl ap Gwilym estimates that Wales has been denied more than £1 billion by the Treasury over the past five years. | Spring 2006
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£77m merger
Rhobert Lewis discusses the arguments for an all-Wales police force. | Spring 2006
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Nation builder
Richard Brunstrom says an all-Wales force should be part of the devolution process. | Spring 2006
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North Wales voice needed
Dylan Jones-Evans questions the centralisation of power in Cardiff Bay. | Spring 2006
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Making politics breathe
Ferdinand Mount says everything in Britain has been modernised except its politics. | Spring 2006
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Route Map to Power
Richard Wyn Jones interviews Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain on his Assembly Bill and adds his own commentary. | Winter 05/06
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Working Together
Rhodri Morgan describes how the Assembly Government’s Making the Connections public reform agenda is being put into practice. | Winter 05/06
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Delivery
Jeremy Beecham explains how he is approaching his review of local service delivery in Wales. | Winter 05/06
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State Building
Clive Grace says Welsh public services need significant change and reform. | Winter 05/06
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Untangling the Labyrinth
Meilyr Ceredig previews the launch of separate websites to cover the Assembly’s executive and legislative functions. | Winter 05/06
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Internal Borders
Rhys Jones and Carwyn Fowler ask a politically loaded question. | Winter 05/06
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Virtual Parliament
John Osmond unpacks the recent White Paper extending the Assembly’s powers. | Summer 2005
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The New Centralism
Kevin Morgan and Stevie Upton query whether merging the Quangos into the Assembly Government will achieve the desired results. | Summer 2005
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Reality Cheque
Teresa Rees argues that an evidence base should inform student funding decisions. | Summer 2005
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Geography of Opportunity
Bruce Katz describes the evolution of American neighbourhood policy and what it could mean for Wales. | Summer 2005
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Gwynfor
Dafydd Wigley looks at the career of ‘the greatest Welsh statesman of the 20th century’. | Summer 2005
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Watershed
Denis Balsom suggests that the 2005 general election will have a lasting impact on Wales. | Spring 2005
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High hopes
Vernon Bogdanor queries whether Welsh politics have yet ‘come of age’. | Spring 2005
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An alternative government
Nick Bourne argues that the opposition parties in the National Assembly need to entertain the idea of coalition. | Spring 2005
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Democratic deficit
Adam Price says that with its permanent majority the Assembly is replicating Westminster’s ‘conformity of indivisible power’. | Spring 2005
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Seats and votes
John Cox argues for ‘enabling legislation’ to implement Richard and says STV is key to maximising turnout in Assembly elections. | Spring 2005
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Swimming in clear red water
David Morris explains why Welsh Labour activists have formed a new ‘grassroots’ organisation. | Spring 2005
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A Charter for Wreckers
Dafydd Wigley questions Labour’s response to the Richard Report. | Autumn 2004
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Words not deeds, please
Just how radical are the Welsh? ask Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully. | Autumn 2004
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Brand that Binds
A common labour identity is being maintained, says Martin Laffin. | Autumn 2004
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Labour’s hold weakens
Jonathan Bradbury suggests assumptions about minority ethnic electoral behaviour may need to be revised. | Autumn 2004
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Debate lost in bonfire heat
Kevin Morgan fears control not accountability was behind the quango mergers. | Autumn 2004
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Richard’s Radical Recipe
Richard Rawlings finds the Richard Commission went for the radical option on all the key choices it faced. | Summer 2004
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Size Matters
John Osmond addresses the Commission’s most politically sensitive recommendation. | Summer 2004
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Electoral Indigestion
Denis Balsom examines Richard’s recommendation that STV be used for assembly elections. | Summer 2004
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Cross-border Obfuscation
Lord Elis-Thomas assesses the difficulties of disentangling Welsh from English primary legislation. | Summer 2004
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Rhodri’s Retreat
Alan Trench objects to Rhodri Morgan’s latest devolution compromise. | Summer 2004
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By thy deeds
Jon Owen Jones argues that performance indicators should be made to count in local elections. | Summer 2004
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Must Plaid lose?
Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully ask whether Plaid Cymru will be an eternal party of opposition in the Assembly. | Summer 2004
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Slippery slope
Duncan Tanner and Andrew Edwards revisit the dire predictions of the No campaigners in 1979. | Summer 2004
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Sennedd 04
Dafydd Glyn Jones proposes a second chamber for the National Assembly. | Summer 2004
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Carwyn’s Future
Peter Stead takes a look at Welsh Labour’s brightest prospect. | Spring 2004
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Market Solutions for the Public Sector
Gerald Holtham argues that PFI contracts can be better designed. | Spring 2004
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Golden Threads
Gillian Bristow explores the Assembly Government’s Partnership Councils. | Spring 2004
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Making It Happen
John Kelleher and Huw Vaughan Thomas discover how partnerships can work successfully in north Wales. | Spring 2004
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Grasping a Mirage
Sarah Stone poses key questions for those involved in partnerships. | Spring 2004
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Climbing Higher
Steve Hill says prevention rather than cure is one policy area where the Assembly Government can make a difference. | Spring 2004
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Gotcha Journalism
Leighton Andrews argues the media should not be the Government’s opposition. | Spring 2004
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Peter’s question for Ivor
Alan Trench says the Richard Commission should address constitutional principles not questions about service delivery. | Winter 2003/04
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Leashed Watchdogs
Leighton Jenkins argues that the Assembly’s Committees lack the powers to do their job. | Winter 2003/04
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Legal Wales
Keith Bush reports on how Welsh incorporation into England is being reversed. | Winter 2003/04
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Virtual Majority
Leighton Andrews reports on his first six months as an AM. | Winter 2003/04
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Clear Welsh Water
Nick Bourne outlines new directions for Welsh Conservatism. | Winter 2003/04
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Nation-Building
Cynog Dafis explores Plaid Cymru’s future in the wake of its May 2003 election setback. | Winter 2003/04
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Backlash
Simon Brooks explains why 8874 people in Ceredigion are demanding a mayor. | Winter 2003/04
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Our asylum test
Tom Cheesman calls for better treatment of displaced persons in Wales. | Summer 2003
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The importance of Welshness
Anlaysing the fall-out from the 2003 Assembly election Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully question how far it saw Wales ‘come home to Labour’. | Summer 2003
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Stirring up apathy
David Williams reveals how far the press and media got through to the electorate in the campaign. | Summer 2003
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Plaid Cymru’s future
Helen Mary Jones says devolution is not a process or an event that should be supported by nationalists. Rhodri Glyn Thomas advocates a new way forward for achieving greater autonomy for Wales. | Summer 2003
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Downsizing debate
Clive Betts bemoans an attempt to curtail the work of the Committees in the National Assembly. | Summer 2003
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Wicked issues
Clive Grace outlines the role of the new Wales Audit Office. | Summer 2003
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Clear Red Water
Rhodri Morgan describes the distinctive policy approach developed by Cardiff Bay over the past three years. | Spring 2003
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Red Green Progressive Policies
Adam Price speculates on whether a coalition between Labour and Plaid Cymru is possible. | Spring 2003
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Our Man in Whitehall
Jessica Mugaseth comes face to face with Peter Hain. | Spring 2003
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The Devolution Dividend
Kevin Morgan asks whether the Assembly is worth having. | Spring 2003
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Art of Conversation in the Bay
David Melding wonders whether Wales has become a more eloquent political entity since devolution. | Spring 2003
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Devolution's Colour Code
Charlotte Williams assesses the impact of the National Assembly on ethnic minorities. | Spring 2003
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Trajectory of Change
John Osmond puts the Richard Commission on the Assembly's powers under the spotlight. | Spring 2003
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As Need Should Have It
Ron Davies says the burden of Wales' health budget makes the case for revising the Barnett formula. | Winter 2002/03
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Spend Now, Pay Later
Nia Richardson finds the Assembly Government struggling to discover a "Welsh way" on the Private Finance Initiative. | Winter 2002/03
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The Price of Saying No
Jon Owen Jones warns that Wales could lose out by dragging its feet. | Winter 2002/03
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Developing Welsh Policy Capacity
Nick Bennett on the role of Special Advisers in the Welsh Assembly Government. | Winter 2002/03
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Status Quo will Undermine the Union
Greg Walker says that to survive Welsh Conservatives should embrace devolution. | Winter 2002/03
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Let's Make It Work
Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully find that support for a Welsh Parliament is growing. | Winter 2002/03
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Grassroots Power
Graham Benfield reports on a survey into Welsh civil society. | Winter 2002/03
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Policy and the Third Sector
Elin Royles analyses how civil society has engaged with Objective 1. | Winter 2002/03
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Assessing Welsh Funding Needs
Gillian Bristow assesses conflicting views around the benefits for Wales of renegotiating the Barnett formula which determines the Assembly's funding. | Summer 2002
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Turf Wars Over English Devolution
Though the Government’s proposals for English Assemblies go further than expected, John Tomaney and John Adams argue that they reveal a Whitehall reluctance to let go. | Summer 2002
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High Stakes In Assembly Name Change
John Osmond probes the constitutional implications of the emergence of the Welsh Assembly Government. | Summer 2002
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Time To Move On From Pathology To Analysis
Richard Rawlings finds that a new book from the IWA reflects the National Assembly’s broadening horizon. | Summer 2002
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Legal Lines Through The Devolution Settlement
Mr Justice Thomas examines options for the development of Legal Wales in relation to future constitutional changes and opportunities for the Welsh economy. | Summer 2002
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Joining the Loop of Policy Influence
Martin Laffin, Gerald Taylor, and Alys Thomas probe local government networks that are evolving in response to the Assembly. | Summer 2002
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Welsh Labour’s Expanding Policy Process
Declining membership has led Welsh Labour to look more widely for new ideas but the leadership may find some are too challenging, says Gerald Taylor. | Summer 2002
Page 23 |
Linking Language To Regeneration
Roger Roberts believes Welsh Liberal Democrat communitarian values come through in its new thinking on language policy. | Summer 2002
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A Report Destined for the Long Grass
Denis Balsom reports on the outcome of the Sunderland Commission on electoral arrangements in Wales. | Summer 2002
Page 28 |
Welsh Scrutiny For Welsh Bills
Jon Owen Jones says we should revive Lloyd George procedures to deal with Welsh legislation at Westminster. | Spring 2002
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Creating Legal Wales
Winston Roddick QC examines the National Assembly’s growing impact on Welsh legislation. | Spring 2002
Page 37 |
Oiling The Usual Channels
Looking at the way the Assembly operates Glyn Davies calls for a bar to be installed. | Spring 2002
Page 39 |
Local Government To Measure Itself
Steve Martin unpacks local government 'Best Value' and explains why the Welsh system is beginning to diverge from England. | Spring 2002
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Over-worked, Under-Resourced and Unloved
Kevin Morgan assesses the National Assembly’s record, half-way through its first term. | Autumn 2001
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Responsibility Without Power
Carwyn Jones reflects on the Assembly Administration’s handling of the foot and mouth emergency. | Autumn 2001
Page 41 |
Conservatives Should Finish the Job
David Melding argues that the party least sympathetic to devolution needs to become its most conspicuous supporter. | Autumn 2001
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Welsh Labour and the 2001 General Election
Mark Lang examines how the Welsh Labour Party came to terms with its first post-devolution General Election. | Autumn 2001
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Empowerment from Within
Michael German argues that devolution should extend to Community Councils. | Autumn 2001
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Wales Becomes Interesting
Dafydd Trystan asks whether Wales will continue to be a land safe for Labour. | Spring 2001
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Lifting the Lid on the Assembly's Engine Room
Robert Hazell greets the appearance of the IWA's new book on the work of the Assembly and its committees. | Spring 2001
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Let's Abandon the Tired Old Westminster Stereotypes
Val Feld provides an insider's critique. | Spring 2001
Page 35 |
The Language Basket Case
Rhobat Bryn Jones argues that the Assembly's inquiry into the Welsh language should take it seriously as a consumer issue. | Spring 2001
Page 37 |
A Fillip for British-Irish Relations
John Griffiths and Dai Lloyd Report on the National Assembly's Membership of the British-Irish Inter-parliamentary body. | Spring 2001
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By Their Deeds Shall They Be Known
Kevin Morgan reflects on Lib-Labism and the birth of coalition politics in the National Assembly. | Winter 2000/2001
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A Coalition of Minds or Convenience?
Jonathan Bradbury discovers a complex range of attitudes behind the new deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats in the Assembly. | Winter 2000/2001
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Partnership in Leadership
Alan Storer assesses the impact of the coalition on the operation of the Welsh Cabinet. | Winter 2000/2001
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An Opportunity to Renew Our Local Democracy
Ewart Parkinson assesses the impact of the new Local Government Act. | Winter 2000/2001
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Squeezing the Life out of Local Democracy
Geoff Mungham argues that the local authority ‘modernising’ agenda, exemplified by Cardiff County Council, is creating a new elected underclass. | Summer 2000
Page 38 |
The ‘Quiet Earthquake’ Explained
Richard Wyn Jones and Dafydd Trystan unpack new data that confirms a fundamental electoral shift in Welsh politics took place in May 1999. | Summer 2000
Page 41 |
Lies, Damned Lies and ...
Lila Haines and Lisa Turnbull call for a more comprehensive set of Welsh statistics so policy-making can be effectively monitored. | Summer 2000
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The Assembly's First Budget
Nigel Blewitt unravels an historic first in Welsh democratic accountability. | Winter 2000
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Dynamic Devolution
First Secretary Alun Michael outlines his "big idea" of building a new Wales. | Winter 2000
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We Need a Coalition of Ideas
Ron Davies calls for agreement between the Parties on policy priorities and new powers to take the National Assembly forward. | Winter 2000
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Coping with the Fixed Term
Mari James and Glyn Mathias analyse the Assembly's struggle to come to terms with inclusivity and consensual politics. | Winter 2000
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Working at the Hub
J. Barry Jones and Alan Storer unpack the civil service Policy Unit which, they say, is critical to the Assembly's success. | Winter 2000
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Poll Confirms Emergence of New Welsh Politics
Denis Balsom analyses the results of the first Welsh poll since the May 1999 Assembly election. | Winter 2000
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Musical Chairs in Our Town Halls
Rachel Ashworth and George Boyn explain the new structures that are being imposed on local government. | Winter 2000
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Casting Out False Gods
Peter Hain argues that all the parties need to learn from the new politics, not least Labour. | Winter 2000
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Consequences of Closing Down Debate
Ceri Evans poses questions about the future of Welsh Labour. | Winter 2000
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A Quiet Electoral Earthquake
Dafydd Trystan and Richard Wyn Jones piece together a script torn up by the voters. | Summer 1999
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The New Lobbyists
The National Assembly is spawning a new breed of political activists. Here Sian Phipps and Cathy Owens describe their contrasting roles. | Summer 1999
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Tackling the Citizenship Agenda
Howard Marshall argues that the new politics of ‘Social Partnership’ requires the Unions to re-think their traditional role. | Summer 1999
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Living with the Lawyers
Richard Rawlings explores how far the National Assembly’s legislative powers will reach, concluding that devolution represents serious legal business. | Summer 1999
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A Crowded Legislative Timetable
The Assembly’s secondary legislation powers will result in a growing divergence in public law between Wales and England, predicts David Lambert. | Summer 1999
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Skirmishes in a Minefield of Statutes
Luke Clements explains that when it legislates the Assembly will, from the start, have to take account of the 1998 Human Rights Act. | Summer 1999
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Now the Agenda is Political
Rachel Lomax surveys the processes underway in establishing the National Assembly. | Spring 1999
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A Journey with no known Destination
Gerald Holtham says the IWA’s National Assembly Agenda is short on rhetoric, but long on hope for improvement. | Spring 1999
Page 15 |
A Trajectory Too Far
John Osmond looks at Ron Davies’ career and his latest intervention, the IWA’s Gregynog Paper Devolution: A Process Not an Event. | Spring 1999
Page 17 |
Wales in Whitehall
Huw Roberts says top civil servants hold a key to our future. | Spring 1999
Page 18 |
A New Political Geography
Dafydd Trystan polls the polls and comes up with predictions for the first National Assembly elections. | Spring 1999
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Peering into an Uncertain Future
Isobel Lindsay charts the complex territory of contemporary Scottish party politics. | Spring 1999
Page 22 |
How we Voted on Wales’ Future
Richard Wyn Jones and Dafydd Trystan report on the 1997 Welsh Referendum Survey. | Summer 1998
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Creating the ‘New Politics’
Andrew Davies explains how Labour is tackling the ‘Jobs for the Boys’ problem. | Summer 1998
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‘Twin to Win’?
Chris Roberts puts the case for ‘twinning’ to ensure gender balance in the Assembly, approved by 51.59% at Labour’s Swansea conference in May. | Summer 1998
Page 17 |
“It’s the Economy Stupid”
Nigel Blewitt sets out his priorities for research into the Welsh economy. | Summer 1998
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Assembly Poll revealed unity amidst diversity
Looking behind the referendum split Denis Balsom finds room for consensus. | Winter 1997/1998
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Making the Assembly Work
| Winter 1997/1998
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Voting for the Assembly
Iain Byrne analyses what the results of the first Assembly elections might look like. | Winter 1997/1998
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A Direct Route to Brussels
Lord Roberts welcomes the IWA’s new report Wales in Europe: The Opportunity presented by a Welsh Assembly. | Winter 1997/1998
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Choice between a New Start or More Misery
Conservatives must work with the Government to create a stable constitution, says David Melding. | Winter 1997/1998
Page 22 |
The Landslide Inheritance
The upheaval caused by the election has changed the geology of Welsh political life. Barry Jones says all the parties will have to adjust. | Summer 1997
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All you wanted to know about referendums … but were afraid to ask
Richard Wyn Jones looks forward to the September campaign, taking on board two reports on the conduct of referendums, by the Constitution Unit and the Institute of Welsh Affairs. | Summer 1997
Page 10 |
Polling ahead of the game
Denis Balsom looks at the polls and suggests a balance of power within the Assembly. | Summer 1997
Page 12 |
Making the change happen
Robert Hazell examines how the projected Welsh Assembly legislation fits into the wider programme of constitutional reform. | Summer 1997
Page 14 |
Empowering the party
Gareth Hughes argues that the Labour Party in Wales must change from one that takes its agenda from London to one that sets its own. | Summer 1997
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The Way Ahead (Again)
by Kevin Morgan. | Winter 1996/1997
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Loving to hate the car
Following two years consultation the Countryside Council for Wales has issued a policy document Transport and Rural Wales. Gareth Wyn Jones says it reveals contradictions at the core of the Council’s remit. | Winter 1996/1997
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Towards a Federal Britain?
The Constitution Unit’s report An Assembly for Wales, published in June 1996, set the terms of the current devolution debate. David Melding takes a sceptical view of its findings. | Winter 1996/1997
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Power and Politics
Keith Patchett argues that the Executive Assembly being proposed by Labour might leave Wales in a weaker position than is presently the case. | Winter 1996/1997
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The tools for the job
Ron Davies tackles the criticism that Labour’s Assembly plans are flawed because they do not contain legislative powers. | Winter 1996/1997
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Strategic Partnerships and a communitaire spirit
by Victoria Winckler. | Summer 1996
Page 8 |
Integration and the Welsh European project
by Michael German and Jon Stevens. | Summer 1996
Page 10 |
Home Rule
by Denis Balsom. | Summer 1996
Page 12 |
Fitting an Assembly into the existing system
by J Barry Jones | Summer 1996
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The Proposed Welsh Assembly
by J Barry Jones. | Volume 1 Issue 3 August 1995
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Yes Minister – Myth or Reality
by Ivor Lightman. | Volume 1 Issue 2 April 1995
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Wales’ Unhealthy Information Gap
by Geraint Talfan Davies. | Volume 1 Issue 1 November 1994
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Beyond the Quangos
by Professor Kevin Morgan. | Volume 1 Issue 1 November 1994
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