Our Changing Land

Dawn Mannay is Lecturer in Social Sciences at Cardiff University, Wales. She employs creative methods in her work with diverse communities, and her research interests include gender, class and identity.

• 1. Introduction– Dawn MannaySECTION ONE - Wales, Welshness, Language and Identity2. Devolved Voices: Welsh Women’s Writing post 1999– Jane Aaron3 Only inside the classroom? Young people’s use of the Welsh language in the school, community and peer group- Non Geraint4. Who should do the dishes now? Revisiting Gender and Housework in Contemporary Urban South Wales- Dawn MannaySECTION TWO – Education, Labour Markets and Gender in Wales5. ‘Placing young men’: The performance of young working-class masculinities in the S1outh Wales Valleys- Michael R.M Ward6. Re-Educating Rhian: Experiences of Working-class Mature Student Mothers- Melanie Morgan7. Private lives used for public work: Women Further Education teachers in Wales- Jane Salisbury8. From low-wage manufacturing industries to the low-wage service sector: the changing nature of women's employment in Wales- Caroline Lloyd9. Changes and continuities: Women in paid work in Wales 1994-2014- Alison ParkenSECTION THREE – Welsh Public Life, Social Policy, Class and Inequality10. Class, Poverty and Politics in Devolved Wales- Dave Adamson11. Women and Policy-Making: Devolution, Civil Society and Political Representation- Paul Chaney12. The transformation of the media in Wales: technology and democracy- Hugh Mackay13. Wind Energy: Revisiting the Debate in Wales- Karen Parkhill and Richard Cowell14. Conclusion- Dawn Mannay