Regional ambassadors or state agents? Representing Welsh interests in the British Parliament and Cabinet

Alejandro Peinado García, Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy (), Alistair Cole (), Francisco José Jiménez Pérez and Gloria Martínez Cousinou
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Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy: UPO - Universidad Pablo de Olavide [Sevilla]
Alistair Cole: HKBU - Hong Kong Baptist University, TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - IEP Lyon - Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Francisco José Jiménez Pérez: IPP - Instituto de politicas y Bienes Publicos - Centrode Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
Gloria Martínez Cousinou: Universidad de Sevilla - Universidad de Sevilla = University of Seville

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Abstract: "Despite devolution, the United Kingdom possesses no mechanism to represent its four nations at the state level. Consequently, some peripheral actors use their state representative positions to ‘stand up' for Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. This paper explores this paradox by focussing on the descriptive and substantive representation of Wales in the Commons and the Cabinet between 1945 and 2019. We demonstrate that only one-third of Welsh backbenchers still adopt a role of ‘regional ambassador' and that Welsh ministers tend to adopt the role of ‘state agent'. This research ratifies the radical disconnection between central and sub-state politics since devolution."

Keywords: Political elites; periphery; descriptive representation; substantive representation; Wales; United Kingdom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-08-02
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Published in Territory, Politics, Governance, 2024, pp.1-21. ⟨10.1080/21622671.2024.2377634⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2024.2377634

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