The Government and Politics of Wales

Russell Deacon is Visiting Professor in Governance and Political History at the University of South Wales, Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University and lecturers A-level Government and Politics at Coleg Gwent. He has worked at the National Assembly for Wales, the civil service and is currently also the administrative director of the think tank Gorwel. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Association. He has served on the board of a number of organisations including the British Liberal Political Studies Group, Liberal History Society, History Research Wales and the Board of Welsh Political Archives at the National Library of Wales. Deacon is the author of a number of books and other texts on British and Welsh government and politics. Alison Denton is a freelance educational advisor. She has taught A-level politics for 35 years. She has produced resources for publication for the Historical Association and the BBC. Robert Southall has lectured in A Level Government and Politics and Sociology at the Crosskeys Campus of Coleg Gwent for over 20 years. He has been a member of the Institute of Welsh Affairs for over 15 years and was founding secretary of the Gwent branch in 2003 and is currently Chair. In 2010, he founded Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society and fought a successful campaign to safeguard the Iron Age hill fort at Twmbarlwm near Risca. He is currently engaged in a project researching the ancient abandoned farmstead on Mynydd Maen in south-east Wales.