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Home » Our Work » Democracy » Page 7

Democracy

We want to see a Wales with a strong, confident democracy.  Our work will aim to improve the political education of the nation and the accountability and transparency of our politicians.

By encouraging a robust media through the IWA Media Audits in 2008, 2015,  and 2020, and through non-party political campaigning, we want to see Wales’s civic sphere grow and strengthen. Our project Understanding Welsh Places supports people to better understand their communities and provides a tool to empower the people of Wales.

Below is our latest work on our work on democracy. You can find a full list of our publications here.

The IWA only exists with the support of our members. Find out more about joining us to ensure that we are able to continue our work. 

Planning the Destruction of Communities and their Language

The author argues that centralisation in Cardiff is harming communities elsewhere in Wales. Click here to download Planning the Destruction

29th August 2006 (4th March 2020)
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Saving our Language

In this bilingual publication the author calls for the Welsh Assembly Government to take urgent action to save the Welsh

6th June 2006 (4th March 2020)
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Gordon Brown, Bard of Britishness

Tom Nairn’s highly polemical lead essay takes forward arguments that he has developed since the 1970s. With responses from a

11th April 2006 (4th March 2020)
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Carboniferous Collision: Josef Herman’s Epiphany in Ystradgynlais

An account of Expressionist painter Josef Herman’s life from his birth in Poland in 1911 to his formative years in

12th March 2006 (4th March 2020)
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Creating a New Europe – Enlarging our Borders

The theme of this publication is a contribution towards Creu Cyfle – Cultural Explosion, a year-long project led by the

12th August 2005 (4th March 2020)
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Welsh Politics Come of Age: Responses to the Richard Commission

This book arises from a conference organised by the Institute of Welsh Affairs and the ESRC Devolution and Constitutional Change

12th January 2005 (4th March 2020)
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The Future of Welsh Labour 2004

Carwyn Jones, Minister for the Environment, Planning and the Countryside in the Welsh Assembly Government, offers a wide-ranging survey of

12th August 2004 (4th March 2020)
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The Psychology of Distance

Phil Williams explores the cross currents of a fractured sensibility that challenge our policy-makers in the Assembly Government. Click here

27th February 2004 (4th March 2020)
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