pp xiv238 Demy 8vo hardback £11.95
ISBN 0-7083-0831-7
Constitutional reform is back on the agenda for Wales and therefore there will be renewed interest in the devolution referendum of March 1st, 1979.
'The definitive history...' (Western Mail)
It was a landmark in the history of the Welsh and Scottish people and indirectly it was also a key episode in the political experience of the United Kingdom in the later twentieth century. The devolution proposals of 1979, and the campaign that led up to the referendum vote, are therefore of wide interest and appeal, not only to Welsh and Scottish people, but to all students of modern British politics generally. Many of the broader considerations that they raise are most ably discussed in this book.
Contributors: Denis Balsom, Geraint Talfan Davies, Mari James, Harri Pritchard Jones, Peter Lindley, John Osmond.
'This thorough case-study of how the Welsh people came to reject the Assembly so emphatically in 1979 has something of interest for those studying the functioning of democratic institutions (especially the relative role of parliament and referendum), ethnic conflict, political communication (the book lays great emphasis on the role of the media) and contemporary British politics.' (British Book News)