Revitalizing democracy?: devolution and civil society in Wales
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In: Politics and society in Wales
In: Regional & federal studies, p. 1-24
ISSN: 1743-9434
In: Regional & federal studies, Volume 27, Issue 4, p. 393-416
ISSN: 1743-9434
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Volume 46, Issue 2, p. 224-247
ISSN: 1747-7107
In: Regional & federal studies, Volume 16, Issue 2, p. 137-156
ISSN: 1743-9434
In: Regional and federal studies, Volume 16, Issue 2, p. 137-156
ISSN: 1359-7566
In: Environment and planning. C, Politics and space, Volume 38, Issue 6, p. 1091-1107
ISSN: 2399-6552
At present, there seems to be somewhat of a paradox between critical academic and more political and popular understandings of authenticity. At one level, the notion of authenticity has become passé, almost a dirty word, for critical social theorists and human geographers: being something that reflects, at best, naïve, or at worst, essentialist and exclusionary ways of thinking. At the same time, we are in the middle of a period during which notions of authenticity have never been as prominent within political and public debate. In this paper, we develop the notion of sincerity as a way of enabling a more progressive interpretation of authenticity. We illustrate the value of this approach through a case study of the identities and cultures promoted within the education system in Wales. We witness here an emphasis on a negotiated sense of Welsh identity and one that is sensitive to difference, in spatial and scalar contexts. We conclude the paper by suggesting that the notion of sincerity might provide critical social scientists with a potential way of developing a more progressive and inclusive understanding of authenticity.
In: The British journal of politics & international relations: BJPIR, Volume 21, Issue 4, p. 709-727
ISSN: 1467-856X
Efforts are underway to develop a stronger political science perspective regarding the practice of language policy to establish language policy as a distinct field of public policy studies. The article's original theoretical contribution is to develop a framework, grounded in historical institutionalism, to analyse the multi-level institutional factors that influence language policy choices relating to regional or minority languages within European multi-level states. The framework is tested by applying it to analyse the multi-level factors that condition language policy decisions regarding the Welsh language, and through further investigating the framework's significance and robustness to analyse language policy trajectories in two contrasting European cases. Overall, the article makes the case for the strengths and adaptability of the framework in producing convincing explanations of the multi-level dimensions of language policy development in different institutionalised contexts and calls for greater investigation of its ability to analyse other regional and minority languages in Europe.
In: Policy & politics, Volume 46, Issue 3, p. 503-529
ISSN: 1470-8442
Efforts by European sub-state governments to revitalise minority languages are increasingly common. This article investigates whether these revitalisation efforts have considered the implications of contemporary social change, by utilising content analysis methods to analyse policy documents in two cases, Wales and Scotland. In concluding that engagement with social change is limited, the article highlights the challenge faced by language revitalisation policy in ensuring awareness of the nature of globalisation and associated social change. More broadly, it demonstrates that language policy can be conceived and analysed as public policy, and highlights opportunities for further research in this area by policy scholars.
In: Environmental politics, Volume 24, Issue 6, p. 1034-1054
ISSN: 1743-8934
In: Environmental politics, Volume 24, Issue 6, p. 1034
ISSN: 0964-4016
In: The British journal of politics & international relations: BJPIR, Volume 14, Issue 2, p. 250-269
ISSN: 1467-856X
This article explores intergovernmental relations between the devolved Welsh Assembly Government and the central UK government through the prism of two case studies focusing on examples of Welsh sub-state diplomacy, the first being international activity aimed at promoting trade and investment and the second the 'Wales for Africa' programme. The article focuses in particular on the implications for Wales–UK relations of partial party incongruence brought about by the formation of the Labour–Plaid Cymru coalition government in Cardiff in the summer of 2007. The authors also examine the early indications of the impact of full party incongruence following the formation of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government in London in June 2010.
In: The British journal of politics & international relations, Volume 14, Issue 2, p. 250-269
ISSN: 1369-1481
World Affairs Online
In: Territory, politics, governance, p. 1-21
ISSN: 2162-268X
In: Civil Society and Social Change
This book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century present existential challenges to civil society. These include changing modes of governance (through devolution and Brexit), austerity, migration, growing digital divides, issues of (mis)trust and democratic confidence, welfare delivery and the COVID-19 pandemic and the contemporary threat to minority languages and cultures. Presenting original empirical findings, this book brings together core strands of social theory to provide a new way of understanding existential challenges to the form and function of civil society. It highlights pressing social issues and transferable lessons that will inform policy and practice in today's age of uncertainty