Starting with an interpretation of the 1997 Welsh referendum result in terms of identity, the paper broadens the discussion of political culture to include changes in the Welsh economy, the influence of the European Union, the status of the Welsh language following devolution, and concludes with some perceptions of a more subjective kind from within recent Welsh literature. The new weak constitutional arrangements consolidate some gains made in an earlier period and set a different and problematic context for future development.
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Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies
Revised version of a paper presented to a seminar organised jointly by the De-partment of Welsh, UCD, and the Institute for British-Irish Studies, 20 October 1999.
ISSN
1649-0304
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