@article{8270d3f30fda4f59823c92f6db5cd3a5,
title = "The Public Legitimacy of the National Assembly for Wales",
abstract = "This article examines the public legitimacy of the National Assembly for Wales. Both the Assembly and the broader system of devolved government for Wales initially enjoyed very limited public support. It is shown that support for devolution in general has risen substantially, while some elements of public attitudes towards the Assembly itself now appear distinctly positive. However, it is also demonstrated that public legitimacy, defined as {\textquoteleft}diffuse support{\textquoteright} for the Assembly, remains limited. The article then examines what factors explain levels of diffuse support for the National Assembly. It is found that variation in such support is best accounted for by factors associated with {\textquoteleft}non-material consequentialism{\textquoteright}: perceptions of the impact of the Assembly on the process of government. The conclusion assesses the implications of the findings for the National Assembly, as well as for the study of devolution and political institutions more generally.",
keywords = "consequentialism, deontologism, devolution, diffuse support, National Assembly for Wales, public legitimacy",
author = "Roger Scully and {Wyn Jones}, Richard",
note = "Funding Information: 4. The 2011 Welsh Referendum Study was funded by a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom (RES-000-22-4496). The Co-Directors of the Study were Roger Scully and Richard Wyn Jones. Survey fieldwork for the study was conducted by YouGov, via the internet. The pre-referendum wave of the study included 3029 respondents; 2569 of these (or 84.8 per cent) also participated in the post-referendum wave. All data used in the analysis here are weighted for representativeness of the registered adult electorate in Wales, using YouGov{\textquoteright}s standard weighting factor which adjusts for a range of demographic and attitudinal factors, including age, gender, region, social class, newspaper readership and past vote. WRS data, as well as further details on the study, are available to download at: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/researchresources/. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Taylor & Francis",
year = "2015",
month = oct,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/13572334.2015.1059591",
language = "English",
volume = "21",
pages = "515--533",
journal = "The Journal of Legislative Studies",
issn = "1357-2334",
publisher = "Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)",
number = "4",
}