Module Identifier |
IPM1620 |
Module Title |
DEVOLUTION AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES (RT) |
Academic Year |
2003/2004 |
Co-ordinator |
Ms Elin Royles |
Semester |
Semester 2 |
Other staff |
Dr Richard W Jones |
Course delivery |
Seminars / Tutorials | 20 Hours 10 x 2 hours |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Assessment | Essay: 2 x 2,500 word | 100% |
Supplementary Assessment | | |
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Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Discuss the historical origins and development of attempts to secure political devolution to Wales from 1979.
2. Critically assess and evaluate the key issues in Welsh politics post 1999.
3. Describe and analyse the main structures of governance, the policy processes and the legal issues associated with politics in devolved Wales.
4. Identify and evaluate key policy issues in Welsh politics.
5. Analyse the relationship between the National Assembly and other political actors in Wales.
6. Contextualise developments in Welsh politics within a broader UK and European framework.
7. Define the constitutional underpinnings of the National Assembly and evaluate the implications of these.
8. Apply and develop the key transferable skills acquired on the core Research Training Modules.
Brief description
The module aims to provide an examination of developments in Welsh politics since the creation of the National Assembly for Wales. It discusses the structures of governance, the legal framework and the policy process to evaluate the complexity of politics and policy in devolved Wales.
Content
Devolution and Wales in British Politics 1979 - 1999
New Politics in Wales? Designing the National Assembly for Wales 1997 - 1999
New Model Wales - the Constitutional Foundations of the National Assembly
The Internal Structures of the National Assembly
Legitimacy and Accountability - Assembly Elections and attitudes towards the Assembly since 1999
The Policy Processes
The National Assembly and Inter-governmental Relations (Britain and Europe)
Representation in the National Assembly for Wales
A Process not an Event: Devolution and the Future
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Adams, J & Robinson, P (eds) (2002) Devolution in Practice: Public Policy Differences within the UK
London: IPPR
Balsom, D & Jones, B (eds) (2000) The Road to the National Assembly of Wales
Cardiff: University of Wales Press
Davies, R (1999) 'Devolution: A Process not an Event' (The Gregynog Papers, Vol 2, No 2)
Insitute of Welsh Affairs
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7