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A.
SCOTT CATEY
Dissertation Research
Project
My
dissertation research addresses devolution,
the constitutional
transformation instituted in the UK in 1998 by the Blair government,
and the reform of health care, specifically
mental health care, in Wales, following the enactment of the devolution
settlement and the creation of the National Assembly for Wales (1998)
and Welsh Asssembly Government (2006). My interests circulate
around the
complex
connections between law & policy, institutions, consciousness, and
the shaping of
social subjectivities. Building on preliminary field research
undertaken in 2006, I began my dissertation fieldwork in June 2008. My
primary field site was Cardiff, Wales, but my inquiries took me to
cities, towns, and villages throughout the south Wales corridor, and
into the Valleys to the north of Cardiff, as well as to Bristol,
London, and Edinburgh.
In
support of this research project, for the academic year 2008-2009 I was
awarded an appointment as a Visiting Research
Fellow in the School
of Social Sciences and the School of Law at Cardiff
University, in Cardiff, Wales.
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catey with Lesley Griffiths AM
(Member of the National Assembly
for Wales). Lesley represents
the constituency of Wrexham in
north Wales. I worked in her
office between October 2008 and
June 2009 as part of my field
research.
(photo credit
belongs
to Steve Jones, June 03 2009)
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