Making Sense of Wales gives an account of the main changes that have
taken place in Welsh society over the last fifty years, as well as
analysing the major efforts to interpret those changes. By placing
work done in Wales in the context of broader developments within
sociological approaches over the period, Graham Day demonstrates that
there is a body of work on Wales worth considering in its own right as
a specific contribution to sociology. He also shows the relevance of
sociological accounts of Wales for understanding contemporary
empirical and theoretical concerns in social analysis. Beginning with
post-war analysis which considered Wales in terms of regional planning
and policy, Day shows how more theoretically informed perspectives
have come to the fore in recent years. He also examines more
contemporary developments, such as gender and class transformations,
the emphasis on the centrality of the Welsh language for conceptions
of Wales and Welshness, as well as the impact of new forms of
governance and questions of social exclusion.
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ISBN
9781783163939
Publisert
2015
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University of Wales Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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