RT Journal Article
T1 Regional Ambassadors or State Agents? Representing Welsh Interests in the British Parliament and Cabinet
A1 Peinado García, Alejandro
A1 Harguindéguy, Jean-Baptiste
A1 Cole, Alistair
A1 Jiménez Pérez, Francisco José
A1 Martínez Cousinou, Gloria
K1 Political elites
K1 Periphery
K1 Descripive Representation
K1 Wales
K1 United Kingdom
AB 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.
PB Taylor and Francis
YR 2024
FD 2024-08-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21731
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21731
LA en
NO Peinado García, A., Harguindéguy, J. B., Cole, A., Jiménez Pérez, F. J., & Martínez Cousinou, G. (2024). Regional ambassadors or state agents? Representing Welsh interests in the British Parliament and Cabinet. Territory, Politics, Governance, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2024.2377634
NO Área de Ciencia Política y de la Administración
DS RIO
RD Jun 13, 2026