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Rhoi Cymru'n Gyntaf: Cyfrol 1

Syniadaeth Plaid Cymru

Author(s) Richard Wyn Jones

Paperback - £9.99

Language: Welsh

September 2007 · 240 pages ·216x138mm

· Paperback - 9780708317563

About The Book

This will be the first volume to discuss the development of Plaid Cymru's political ideology from the early days to the party's present position as the chief opposition party in the National Assembly for Wales. The book will give authoritative answers to the many questions asked about the party over the years. The book will be divided into two parts. The first part will have three chapters which, when taken together, will offer a chronological overview of Plaid Cymru's ideological development. This will be done by focusing in particular on the influence of the party's leaders in three different periods: Saunders Lewis, Gwynfor Evans and then the period of the two Dafydds (Wigley and Elis-Thomas). These chapters will also look at the ideological tensions within the party during each period and at other influential political thinkers. The second part will focus on particularly significant aspects of Plaid's ideology-for example, the relationship between the nationalism of Plaid Cymru and previous manifestations of nationalism in Wales; utopianism; fascism; political 'methods'. It will close with a chapter on the role of Plaid Cymru in post-devolution Wales.

Endorsements

'Awdurdodol, trwyadl, di-dderbyn-wyneb, angerddol – a chwbl afaelgar.'

Cynog Dafis

'Dyma gyfrol sy'n gyfuniad o ddadansoddi eglur ar syniadaeth cenedlaetholdeb yn gyffredinol a dehongli meistrolgar ar syniadaeth wleidyddol prif arweinwyr Plaid Cymru yn ystod yr ugeinfed ganrif. Mae'n gynhwysfawr, yn awdurdodol, a chyffrous o bryfoclyd mewn mannau. Ni all y sawl a'i darlleno beidio ag ymateb yn fywiog iddi. Bydd yn arweiniad diogel i'r sawl sy'n anghyfarwydd â'r maes; bydd hefyd yn agoriad llygaid i sawl 'hen law'.'

Meredydd Evans

‘Cyfrol gampus sy’n byrlymu â syniadau arloesol a sylwadau treiddgar … ffres, cytbwys, gafaelgar.’

Robin Okey, Gwales

‘Bydd campwaith Richard Wyn Jones yn llawlyfr angenrheidiol i bawb sy’n ymwneud â chynllunio dyfodol y Blaid a chynllwynio dyfodol Cymru.’

Cynog Dafis, Barn

‘Cyfrol ysblennydd … yn wir arloesol ac yn torri cwys newydd yn hanesyddiaeth Cymru.’

J. Graham Jones, Y Cymro

‘This book is a masterly analysis of a party’s ideology’

Tom Ellis, Planet: The Welsh Internationalist

‘The first volume of his magisterial study of the ideology of Plaid Cymru.’

Meic Stephens, Cambria

'An original, occasionally thrilling, book which deepens our understanding of the main leaders of Plaid Cymru and the political thought of the party in general.'

Daniel G. Williams

About the Author(s)

Author(s): Richard Wyn Jones

Richard Wyn Jones is Professor of Welsh Politics and Director of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University.

Language: Welsh

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