The Welsh Devolution Referendum

Bibliographic Data

ID6353542
AuthorsRichard Wyn Jones (0000-0001-7698-5959), Bethan Lewis (0000-0001-9222-2417)
Year1999
Volume19
Issue1
Pages37-46
Publication date1999-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1467-9256.00084
OpenAlexW2111436598
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited2

This article seeks to place the 1997 referendum on the Labour government's plans to establish an elected Welsh Assembly into the context of the debate on devolution as it has developed in Wales since 1979, when broadly similar proposals were overwhelmingly rejected by the Welsh electorate. The authors argue that given the belated decision to hold the referendum, the particular difficulties created by the Welsh political landscape, and the fact that there was no real attempt to develop a broad-based consensus behind the proposals before the 1997 general election, the fact that the proposals were finally approved -albeit by the narrowest of margins - represents a substantial achievement for the pro-devolutionists

Context (archaeology · Devolution (biology · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Sociology · Welsh · Historical Studies of British Isles · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Scottish History and National Identity

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