The Government of Wales Act 2006: Welsh devolution still a process and not an event?

Following the Assembly Elections in May 2007 Wales moved into a new area in its devolutionary settlement with a change of government and new legislation - the Government of Wales Act 2006. The Act is designed to revise fundamentally the Government of Wales Act 1998. Critics at the time predicted that executive devolution would be unlikely to be stable and would lead to "catch up" devolution with more privileged nations such as Scotland. Hence the second phase of Welsh devolution in which a Westminster model of Government is introduced as well as enhanced legislative powers for the National Assembly for Wales, including powers for the Assembly to be given legislative competence by Order in Council to make law in certain of the devolved fields, as an interim stage towards achieving full legislative devolution following a referendum. This paper argues that the Government of Wales Act 2006 has not conclusively settled the constitutional issues of asymmetrical devolution, such as the distribution of power between London and Cardiff; the role of the Secretary of State; the clarity and transparency of Welsh governance; and the question of how long these interim arrangements will last before Wales gains legislative devolution.</p

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The aim of this research are to know application organization culture that there in Secretariat Legislative Assembly at Regency of Surakarta, constraint in application organization culture that declared in office Secretariat Legislative Assembly at Regency of Surakarta, and solution to grow up a good organization culture in office Secretariat Legislative Assembly at Regency of Surakarta. This research is qualitative research with descriptive method. Based on research we it can be concluded that: Application organization culture in Secretariat Legislative Assembly at Regency of Surakarta is polite attitude and must have job discipline and must professional. The problem in application organization culture in Secretariat Legislative Assembly at Regency of Surakarta is: (a) socialization process is not optimal, (b) a bad understanding about organization culture. Solution to solve problem an application organization culture in Secretariat Legislative Assembly at Regency of Surakarta is: (a) Often inform organization culture, (b) Giving the good understanding about organization culture. Keyword: Organization Culture, Secretariat Legislative Assembl

Letter from Matilde M. de Soto and Maria Lydia Sanchez de Roman, Deputies of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly, to Geraldine Ferraro

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How Same Day Registration Became Law in North Carolina

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Fresh Start: The Impact of Public Campaign Financing in Connecticut

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On Candidate-Based Analyses of Assembly Elections.

Analyses of assembly elections often assume that voters have well-defined preferences over candidates, even though preferences over assemblies are the natural analytic starting point. This candidate-based approach is usually justified by an assumption that preferences over assemblies are separable. We show that if preferences over assemblies are themselves derived from underlying preferences over legislative or economic outcomes, then preferences over assemblies will not in general be separable.ELECTIONS;POLITICS;VOTING

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