What about Wales? Brexit and the Future of the UK

Jones, Richard Wyn; Larner, Jac

doi:10.51428/dsoc.2021.02.0004

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“…This calculus of incipient demise is alarmingly simple. The unsustainable numbers of human individuals, alongside the energy that advanced societies require in order to persist (Wyn-Jones, 2019) are, and may already have, reached a breaking point. If so, we now live in a twilight world in which disaster approaches but is, with problematically few exceptions, willfully ignored (Zola, 1890).…”

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Quintessential Solutions to Existential Problems: How Human Factors and Ergonomics Can and Should Address the Imminent Challenges of Our Times

Hancock

2023

Hum Factors

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Objective To examine and evaluate ways in which an understanding of the quintessential element of Human Factors/Ergonomics can address the spectrum of existential threats that confront contemporary civilization. Background HF/E is dedicated to improving quality of life. Paradoxically, many processes which sustain contemporary civilization act to reduce that overall quality. Some technological developments themselves now even present existential threats to the fragile skein of civilization itself. Many disciplines address these diverse threats, and each may be advised and facilitated by HF/E knowledge and methods. It is a moral imperative of our science to contribute what we can to proposed resolutions. Method A primary conduit, by the established strengths of HF/E can contribute to potential solutions is identified. The present work advocates for specific, practical interventions using a direct-perception mediated, panopticon principle, that derives from the corpus of our science. Result Limitations upon a general, social understanding of imminent global concerns, which are largely ignorable when not actually present, are brought to immediate consciousness via an HF/E principle emphasizing the direct-perception of threat. It is argued that this, and allied HF/E insights can generate practical steps toward problem resolution at both macroscopic and localized levels of implementation. Applications The primary, practical application of the proposed panopticon principle is to use our science to save global civilization. It is postulated that this represents useful employment of the knowledge we have adduced and accumulated across our discipline’s existence.

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Quintessential Solutions to Existential Problems: How Human Factors and Ergonomics Can and Should Address the Imminent Challenges of Our Times

Hancock

2023

Hum Factors

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“…Here, there is the relation of previous research published work by the author per topic and case study that is used to construct the case study methodology: 'right to decide' (Calzada 2014), 'constitutional arrangements' (Calzada and Bildarratz 2015), 'smart devolution' (Calzada 2017), Scotland and Catalonia (Calzada 2018a(Calzada , 2019, and 'rescaling nation-states' (Calzada 2022a(Calzada , 2022b(Calzada , 2022c. The case study methodology in this article aims not only to update the case study of Catalonia-Barcelona and Scotland-Glasgow given that both cases present interesting updates but also to introduce a new (and less known) emerging player: Wales-Cardiff (Clifton and Alessia 2018;Welsh Government 2021;Wyn Jones and Larner 2021). The three cases show how rescaling is occurring by depicting such a distinct pathway.…”

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Emancipatory Urban Citizenship Regimes in Postpandemic Catalonia, Scotland, and Wales

Calzada

2022

Social Sciences

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Wide tensions regarding the organization of nation-state power have been triggered over the last years in the UK and Spain. By contrast, in the UK, (i) the plebiscite on Scottish Independence has been characterized since 2014 so far by a regular hegemony of the SNP in Scotland, and (ii) more recently, distinct resilient responses to tackle COVID-19 have dramatically shifted perceptions about the potential constitutional arrangements in Wales partially opposing a state-centric vision of the UK. By contrast, the role played by the constitutionally illegal but socially constitutive referendum in Catalonia on 1 October 2017, remarkably provoked the re-emergence of the Spanish far-right narrative through the surge of the new political party called Vox. In both cases, the urban in Glasgow, Cardiff, and Barcelona has been shaping various oppositions to state-centric agendas, and such oppositions have shaped elections in the UK and Spain. This article sheds light on the distinct, emerging, and emancipatory urban citizenship regimes in Catalonia, Scotland, and Wales, particularly illustrating the roles that Barcelona, Glasgow, and Cardiff, respectively, are playing in articulating a counter-reaction by rescaling a state-centric vision. This article employs past elections’ evidence to illustrate such regimes amid postpandemic times in datafied states.

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“…As previously noted, such rhetoric has allowed Welsh Labour to present itself as a defender of Welsh interests against the UK Government, while also fending off opposition from Plaid Cymru. This success speaks to its ability to capture voters who are left-leaning but also prioritise Welsh identity (Wyn Jones, 2022) through the party’s ‘long-standing ideological and national appeals to Welsh symbols, branding and values’ (Larner et al, 2022: 6). However, the present article now considers some of the potential consequences of Welsh Labour’s engagement with the past as the dominant party in a one-party dominant system.…”

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The language of priorities: Aneurin Bevan, Welsh labour and the politics of the past

Davies

2023

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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The past is integral to Labour Party politics, serving as a constant reference point in articulating a politics for the present and in responding to defeats. In Wales, however, 100 years of electoral dominance means that Welsh Labour has not had to respond to defeat in the same way. This article therefore analyses how Welsh Labour utilises the past when constructing its brand, articulating its ideology and challenging opponents. To do this, it analyses Welsh Labour politicians’ references to Aneurin Bevan, a significant figure in Labour history. The analysis argues that while Welsh Labour’s engagement with the past has helped it to maintain electoral dominance, the references do not engage critically with the party’s traditions, risk ideological inertia and signal potential dangers for the dominant party in a one-party dominant system.

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What about Wales? Brexit and the Future of the UK

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Quintessential Solutions to Existential Problems: How Human Factors and Ergonomics Can and Should Address the Imminent Challenges of Our Times

Quintessential Solutions to Existential Problems: How Human Factors and Ergonomics Can and Should Address the Imminent Challenges of Our Times

Emancipatory Urban Citizenship Regimes in Postpandemic Catalonia, Scotland, and Wales

The language of priorities: Aneurin Bevan, Welsh labour and the politics of the past

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