News
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Making the case for a WelshBac pilot project; Pembrokeshire
Coastal Forum proposed; Welsh Design Commission investigated;
Assembly monitoring project underway; veil lifted on Treasury
and EU funds coming into Wales; IWA gains corporate support.
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Politics and Policy
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The Assembly's First Budget
Nigel Blewitt unravels a historic first in
Welsh democratic accountability.
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A Diverging Health Policy
Bruce Napier assesses the impact the Assembly has made
on the health service in its first six months.
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Assembly Intervenes on Post-16 Education
David Egan charts the emergence of a distinctive Welsh
education policy process.
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Environment
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Waste from Wales
Mark Hilton and Nigel Blewitt summarise a new IWA report
on how we can best utilise an unlikely national resource.
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Re-Distribution Versus Growth
Gareth Wyn Jones examines New Labour's emerging environmental
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Economy
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Rural Revolutions
Sarah Dickens takes a snapshot of the economic state
of our countryside.
Knowledge Economy Special
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I. Service Sector is Key
Gareth Jones and John Osmond recommend
ways of taking best advantage of Wales' Objective 1 opportunity.
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II. Churn to Learn
Euryn Ogwen Williams examines the challenges faced
by Wales' media and multi-media industries.
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III. Innovating to Succeed
Clive Jones casts a critical eye over a new IWA report.
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Europe
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An 'Incredible' Mis-Match over Funding
Responding to a new IWA report Phil Williams
describes how he became aware of the interaction of UK Treasury
and European funding for Wales.
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Elite Views of Wales and Europe
Charles Smith reports on a survey of attitudes towards
devolution and European integration amongst leading business
people and politicians.
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Governance
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Dynamic Devolution
First Secretary Alun Michael outlines
his 'big idea' of building a new Wales.
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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 Assembly forward.
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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.
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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.
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Poll Confirms Emergence of New Welsh Politics
Denis Balsom analyses the results of the first Welsh
poll since last May's Assembly election.
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Musical Chairs in our Town Halls
Rachel Ashworth and George Boyne
explain the new structures that are being imposed on local government.
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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.
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Consequences of Closing Down Debate
Ceri Evans poses questions about the future of Welsh
Labour.
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Culture and Communications
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Short of Problems? Get Yourself a Goat
Steve Dube reports on an 'Arts and the Economy' conference
organised last year in Carmarthen by the IWA's West Wales Branch
in association with the Arts Council of Wales and the Western
Mail.
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A Mind-Bogglingly Improbable Project
Nigel Jenkins assesses the challenges of compiling a
major work of Welsh reference.
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The Invisible 'Last Colony'
Prompted by the IWA's publication The Welsh Image,
David Parry-Jones takes a personal look at
how our neighbours see us. |
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Endpiece by Peter Stead |
