BARTŁOMIEJ H. TOSZEK, DEVOLUTION REFORM IN THE PROGRAMS OF THE MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES IN WALES IN 1997–2011
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Дата публикации: 2019-12-15
Studia Politologiczne 2019;53
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The book of Bartłomiej H. Toszek titled:
The devolution reform in the programs of the
main political parties in Wales 1997–2011
is the result of the author’s long-term
research of the Welsh devolution and it constitutes a contribution to a number of
publications analyzing the devolutionary
changes taking place in Great Britain
since mid 1990’s. In the first part of the
work, the author defines and characterizes
what devolution is, what was its genesis,
its nature and evolution in Wales.
Usually politicians and political parties
are behind the introduced constitutional
changes. In the second chapter of the
publication we find a thorough analysis
of the specificity of the Welsh party
system. The third part, it presents the
foundations of the devolution reforms
in the programs of the Welsh political
parties during the period 1997–2011.
B. H. Toszek does not avoid showing the
political and historical background of the
decision making process. He presents in
a very interesting manner, the attitude
and proposals for the devolution reform
of the main political groups in Wales
over the space of nearly 15 years. The
work is based, among others, on the analysis of the program documents,
electoral manifestos of the four, most
important political groups, having the
largest impact on political and political
decisions taken in Wales: the Welsh
Labor Party, the Welsh Conservative
and Unionist Party, Plaid Cymru and
the Welsh Liberal Democrats. This
is valuable and very interesting work,
and the reader will certainly not be
disappointed with this publication.
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