Putting Wales First
The Political Thought of Plaid Cymru (Volume 1)
Published on 15. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-83772-183-2 (ISBN)
Description
This authoritative book traces the development of Plaid Cymru's political thought from its birth in 1924-5 to the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999. Through a penetrating study of the political beliefs of its most important leaders - Saunders Lewis, Gwynfor Evans, Dafydd Elis-Thomas and Dafydd Wigley - we follow the party's emergence from the political fringe to the threshold of a devolved Wales. The development of Plaid Cymru's constitutional and economic policies are examined in detail, as well as its attitude towards the Welsh language. A vibrant discussion on the nature of nationalism and nationalist ideas locates the party's intellectual development in a broader international context. This is a book that reveals Plaid Cymru in a new and sometimes controversial light.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 139 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83772-183-2 (9781837721832)
DOI
10.1234/b11786
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10/2024
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University of Wales Press
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10/2024
University of Wales Press
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Person
Richard Wyn Jones is professor of Welsh politics and director of the Wales Governance Centre, both at Cardiff University.
Content
Preface to the English Translation
Introduction
PART ONE - NATIONALISM
Chapter One. Nationalism, National Movements and Wales
Understanding Nationalism
Nationalism, the old and the new hen
Nationalism, the self and violence
National Movements
The development of national movements
The ideology of national movements
Wales - in the shadow of the firstborn
PART TWO - NATIONALISTS
Chapter Two. 'A passionate love of a stable civilisation': The Saunders Lewis era
Seizing the agenda
Principles of Nationalism
Historiography
Nonconformism
Laying the foundations
Holding on
One language or two?
'Three acres and a Welsh-speaking cow'
Dominion status
A flash in the pan
Chapter Three. 'A reconciliation with her fair past': The Gwynfor Evans era
I was rejected...?
The inheritance: the core ideas of 'Saunders' a 'Gwynfor'
Fundamental policies: the inheritance and its evolution
The Welsh language
Economic policy
Constitutional objectives
Aros Mae
The End of Britishness
Chapter Four: More than Dal ati? The era of the two Dafydds
Turning Left: The End of the 'Third Way'
Political philosophy
Strategy
Radical Wales
A Parliament and Europe - again
Wigley, Ceredigion and the paradox of the 1990s
Index
Introduction
PART ONE - NATIONALISM
Chapter One. Nationalism, National Movements and Wales
Understanding Nationalism
Nationalism, the old and the new hen
Nationalism, the self and violence
National Movements
The development of national movements
The ideology of national movements
Wales - in the shadow of the firstborn
PART TWO - NATIONALISTS
Chapter Two. 'A passionate love of a stable civilisation': The Saunders Lewis era
Seizing the agenda
Principles of Nationalism
Historiography
Nonconformism
Laying the foundations
Holding on
One language or two?
'Three acres and a Welsh-speaking cow'
Dominion status
A flash in the pan
Chapter Three. 'A reconciliation with her fair past': The Gwynfor Evans era
I was rejected...?
The inheritance: the core ideas of 'Saunders' a 'Gwynfor'
Fundamental policies: the inheritance and its evolution
The Welsh language
Economic policy
Constitutional objectives
Aros Mae
The End of Britishness
Chapter Four: More than Dal ati? The era of the two Dafydds
Turning Left: The End of the 'Third Way'
Political philosophy
Strategy
Radical Wales
A Parliament and Europe - again
Wigley, Ceredigion and the paradox of the 1990s
Index