Part 1 Society: boys from nowhere - finding Welsh men and putting them in their place, Jonathan Scourfield and Mark Drakeford; industrial South Wales - learning society, past, present or future?, Gareth Rees, Stephen Gorard and Ralph Fevre; the Laity of the Church in Wales - sex differences in religious practice, attitude and involvement, Richard Startup and Chris Harris. Part 2 Politics: local branch activity and organization in the Yes for Wales Campaign, 1997, Michael Woods; the 1996 reorganization of local government in Wales - issues, processes and uneven outcomes, Simon Pemberton; Cynulliad Cenedlaethol - plus ca change ynteu Cychwyn Proses?, Ioan Bowen Rees; governance and the language, Colin H. Williams. Part 3 Economy: the selling of rural Wales, Joe Howe; small businesses in the media industry in Wales, Nerys Fuller-Love and Alan G. Jones; the Welsh economy - a statistical profile, David Brooksbank.