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The Welsh criminal justice system is unique. While the country has
its own devolved government and parliament, there is no Welsh
equivalent of the Scottish or Northern Irish justice systems.
Rather, the writ of England and Wales criminal justice institutions
continues to run. Yet the extensive responsibilities of Wales's
devolved institutions ensure that they necessarily play a
significant role in criminal justice. As a result, the Welsh
criminal justice system operates across a 'jagged edge' of devolved
and reserved powers and responsibilities. This book provides the
first academic account of this system. It demonstrates not only
that Wales has some of the worst criminal justice outcomes in
western Europe, but that even if the will existed to try to address
these problems, the current constitutional underpinnings of the
Welsh criminal justice system would make it nigh-on impossible.
Based on official data and in-depth interviews, this is an urgent
and challenging book, required reading for anyone interested in
Welsh politics and society.
"Europe, Regions and European Regionalism" examines the political
role of regions and regionalism within contemporary Europe.
Offering an up-to-date analysis of regionalism with a broad
empirical scope, this book explores regions and regionalism in the
period after the substantial enlargements of the European Union.
Until the Brexit referendum, there was widespread doubt as to
whether English nationalism existed at all, at least beyond a small
fringe. Since then, it has come to be regarded an obvious
explanation for the vote to Leave the European Union. Subsequent
opinion polls have raised doubts about the extent of continuing
English commitment to the Union of the United Kingdom itself. Yet
even as Englishness is apparently reshaping Britain's place in
world and perhaps, ultimately, the state itself, it remains poorly
understood. In this book Ailsa Henderson and Richard Wyn Jones draw
on data from the Future of England Survey, a specially commissioned
public attitudes survey programme exploring the political
implications of English identity, to make new and original
arguments about the nature of English nationalism. They demonstrate
that English nationalism is emphatically not a rejection of Britain
and Britishness. Rather, English nationalism combines a sense of
grievance about England's place within the United Kingdom with a
fierce commitment to a particular vision of Britain's past,
present, and future. Understanding its Janus-faced nature - both
England and Britain - is key not only to understanding English
nationalism, but also to understanding the ways in which it is
transforming British politics.
Europe, Regions and European Regionalism examines the political
role of regions and regionalism within contemporary Europe.
Offering an up-to-date analysis of regionalism with a broad
empirical scope, this book explores regions and regionalism in the
period after the substantial enlargements of the European Union.
Until the Brexit referendum, there was widespread doubt as to
whether English nationalism existed at all, at least beyond a small
fringe. Since then, it has come to be regarded an obvious
explanation for the vote to Leave the European Union. Subsequent
opinion polls have raised doubts about the extent of continuing
English commitment to the Union of the United Kingdom itself. Yet
even as Englishness is apparently reshaping Britain's place in
world and perhaps, ultimately, the state itself, it remains poorly
understood. In this book Ailsa Henderson and Richard Wyn Jones draw
on data from the Future of England Survey, a specially commissioned
public attitudes survey programme exploring the political
implications of English identity, to make new and original
arguments about the nature of English nationalism. They demonstrate
that English nationalism is emphatically not a rejection of Britain
and Britishness. Rather, English nationalism combines a sense of
grievance about England's place within the United Kingdom with a
fierce commitment to a particular vision of Britain's past,
present, and future. Understanding its Janus-faced nature - both
England and Britain - is key not only to understanding English
nationalism, but also to understanding the ways in which it is
transforming British politics.
A revelatory and controversial volume which attempts to balance the
truths and historical accusations of Fascist sympathies against
Plaid Cymru and its leaders during the 1930's and the Second World
War.Cyfrol ddadlennol a dadleuol sy'n pwyso a mesur gwirionedd y
cyhuddiadau hanesyddol o gydymdeimlad a Ffasgaeth yn erbyn Plaid
Cymru a'i harweinwyr yn ystod yr 1930au a'r Ail Ryfel Byd."
This will be the first volume to discuss the development of Plaid
Cymru's political ideology from the early days to the party's
present position as the chief opposition party in the National
Assembly for Wales. The book will give authoritative answers to the
many questions asked about the party over the years. The book will
be divided into two parts. The first part will have three chapters
which, when taken together, will offer a chronological overview of
Plaid Cymru's ideological development. This will be done by
focusing in particular on the influence of the party's leaders in
three different periods: Saunders Lewis, Gwynfor Evans and then the
period of the two Dafydds (Wigley and Elis-Thomas). These chapters
will also look at the ideological tensions within the party during
each period and at other influential political thinkers. The second
part will focus on particularly significant aspects of Plaid's
ideology-for example, the relationship between the nationalism of
Plaid Cymru and previous manifestations of nationalism in Wales;
utopianism; fascism; political 'methods'. It will close with a
chapter on the role of Plaid Cymru in post-devolution Wales.
This text brings together leading critical theorists of world
politics to discuss both the promise and the pitfalls of their
work. The contributors range broadly across the terrain of world
politics, engaging with both theory and emancipatory practice.
Critiques by two scholars from other IR traditions are also
included. The result is a seminal statement of the critical theory
approach to understanding world politics.
Laying out the conceptual foundations of critical security studies,
the author of this book uses the ideas of the Frankfurt School to
advance critical thought about security, strategy, and the
relationship between the theory and practice of security. He
presents an overview of the ideas of the Frankfurt School's main
thinkers - Horkheimer, Adorno, Habermas, Honneth, and Beck - and
applies their insights to the study of security. His analysis
challenges many of the assumptions underlying both the traditional
and some alternative approaches to security studies.
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