Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 16 Hours. (16 x 1 hour) |
Seminars / Tutorials | 7 Hours. (7 x 1 hour) |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 3,000 words | 50% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 50% |
Supplementary Exam | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
Learning Outcomes
On completing the module students will be able to:
- critically analyse, assess and evaluate the main constitutional and organisational features of the various plans for a form of Parliament for Wales put forward before 1997;
- critically analyse, assess and evaluate the main constitutional and organisational features of the National Assembly for Wales;
- describe and evaluate the nature of the policy-process in the National Assembly;
- describe and analyse the nature of party-competition in devolved Wales.
Brief description
This module will introduce students to the form of developed goverment established in Wales in 1999 as part of the UK government's programme of constitutional reform.
Aims
- the main constitutional and organisational features of the various plans for a form of Parliament for Wales put forward before 1997;
- the main constitutional and organisational features of the National Assembly for Wales;
- the nature of the policy-process in the National Assembly;
- the nature of party-competition in devolved Wales.
Content
This path-breaking module examines the various plans put forward for some form of Parliament for Wales put forward from the late 19th Century to 1997 with particular attention being given to the main constitutional and organisational features of those plans. The module then goes on to describe and analyse the main constitutional and organisational features of the National Assembly for Wales. The nature of the policy-making process in the National Assembly is also described and illustrated in addition to the nature of party-competition in devolved Wales.
Transferable skills
10 ECTS credits
Reading List
General TextChaney P., Hall T., Pithouse A. (eds.) (2001) New Governance - New Democracy? Post Devolution Wales University of Wales Press, Cardiff Primo search Hazell R (ed.) (2003) The state of the Nations: The Third Year of Devolution in the United Kingdom Exeter, Imprint Academic Primo search Osmond, J. and Jones, J.B. (eds.) (2003) Birth of Welsh Democracy: The First Term of the National Assembly Cardiff Institute of Welsh Affairs Primo search Morgan, K. O. Rebirth of a nation :a history of modern Wales /Kenneth O. Morgan. Primo search Rawlings, Richard. Delineating Wales :constitutional, legal and administrative aspects of national devolution /by Richard Rawlings. Primo search Recommended Text
Welsh Assembly Government (2004) Report of the Richard Commission HMSO Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6