Plaid Cymru

Dr Alan Sandry is Senior Lecturer at the School of Management, Swansea University, and researches the evolving nature of political, cultural and social identities within Europe.

“valuable … controversial … this book deserves wider notice from those interested in political parties and ideological relations within them”David S. Moon (Political Studies Review)“illuminating … offers useful, brief overviews of some of the key intellectual and political traditions that have informed the party’s thinking, from liberalism to socialism, from linguistic conservatism to environmentalism and feminism”Daniel G. Williams (Studies on National Movements)“Sandry’s highly informative navigation of his readers through the party’s historical recourse to a miscellany of supplementary ideologies lends support to Freeden’s assessment that nationalism is a thin-centered ideology”Peter C. Grosvenor (Nations and Nationalism)“a party needs a cohesive philosophical outlook, one that can guide it in constructing a political programme and making difficult choices between priorities as they arise … [for Plaid Cymru] that is easier said than done and Sandry’s book tells you why”John Osmond (Planet)

• Introduction1. Ideology and Nationalism2. The Ideological Development of  Early Plaid Cymru3. Modern Plaid Cymru and the Ideology of Nationalism4. Other Ideologies Associated with Modern Plaid Cymru5. Concepts within Plaid Cymru's Ideology6. Ideological Debates within Plaid Cymru7. Conclusion: A New Ideological FrameworkBibliographyIndex