University of Wales Aberystwyth, Department of International Politics ( Research Papers ),

Papers, 1966-1979, accumulated by the International Politics Department of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, comprising interview schedules of the Welsh Election Study, 1979, and papers relating to 'The Welsh Council' study, 1966-1972.

The Department of International Politics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (later University of Wales Aberystwyth), was established in 1919, when David Davies, MP (later Lord Davies of Llandinam), endowed a trust fund to create the first department of International Politics in the world, hoping to foster a greater understanding of world events and thereby promote peace and security. In 1968, the Department led a review of local government in Wales, under the title 'The Welsh Council', reporting in 1972. The Department undertook the Welsh Election Study, 1979, as a research project for the Economic and Social Research Council (HR 4732/1) to examine voter behaviour in Wales and to survey attitudes to party politics and other issues. The interviews were conducted by Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited.

Arranged into the following: Welsh election study; and Welsh Council papers.

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Donated by the Department of International Politics Department, University of Wales Aberystwyth, per Dr Denis Balsom in September 1990.

The Department of International Politics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (later University of Wales Aberystwyth), was established in 1919, when David Davies, MP (later Lord Davies of Llandinam), endowed a trust fund to create the first department of International Politics in the world, hoping to foster a greater understanding of world events and thereby promote peace and security. In 1968, the Department led a review of local government in Wales, under the title 'The Welsh Council', reporting in 1972. The Department undertook the Welsh Election Study, 1979, as a research project for the Economic and Social Research Council (HR 4732/1) to examine voter behaviour in Wales and to survey attitudes to party politics and other issues. The interviews were conducted by Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited.

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A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1991, pp. 35-36, at the National Library of Wales.

June 2003; amended September 2005

Compiled by David Moore for the ANW project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1990; UW Aberystwyth, Department of International Politics website, viewed June 2003; UK Data Archive (http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/), viewed 6 September 2005.

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