IP35020 - WALES AND DEVOLUTION

Module Identifier	IP35020
Module Title	WALES AND DEVOLUTION
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Richard Wyn Jones
Semester	Intended for use in future years
Next year offered	N/A
Next semester offered	N/A
Course delivery	Lecture	14 Hours 14 x 1 hour
	Seminar	10 Hours 5 x 2 hour
Assessment	Essay	1 x 3,000 word essay	50%
	Exam	2 Hours	50%

Aims

This module will survey the various attempts that have been made to secure some measure of self-government for Wales from the era of Cymru Fydd in the final years of the 19th Century to the present day. The module will analyse the details of the various plans which have been put forward (for example, the particular governmental arrangements suggested), as well as the nature of the political support enjoyed by them. Particular attention will be paid to the plans which were the focus of the referendums of 1979 and 1997.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to critically assess the following:

the details of the various plans put forward for ensuring a measure of Welsh self-government;

the main sources for self-government in Wales;

the political context in which plans for Welsh self-government were put forward.

10 ECTS Credits

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
K O Morgan. Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980.
B Taylor and K Thomson. Wales and Scotland: Nations Again?.