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De-democratising the Irish planning system

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  • Mick Lennon
  • Richard Waldron

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This paper examines the practices deployed to de-democratise elements of the Irish planning system. It does so through scrutinizing the processes by which a new streamlined planning procedure for large scale residential developments was institutionalized. The paper investigates how a development lobby group successfully prompted the institutionalization of this streamlined procedure by momentarily capturing the policy formulation agenda surrounding a housing crisis. It demonstrates how this was achieved by defining problems regarding the democratic character of the planning system and accruing agency through solution specification and resonance with the ideologies and rationalities of pertinent political and senior civil servant decision makers. The paper undertakes this analysis by situating a discourse analytical approach within the Multiple Streams Framework. In doing so, the paper provides an original contribution to academic scholarship through novelty of theoretical application on a disquieting aspect of neoliberalism in a planning context that as yet has received limited attention.

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  • Mick Lennon & Richard Waldron, 2019. "De-democratising the Irish planning system," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(8), pages 1607-1625, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:27:y:2019:i:8:p:1607-1625
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1595532
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    1. Alfasi, Nurit & Migdalovich, Eyal, 2020. "Losing faith in planning," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    2. Feitelson, Eran & Horowitz-Harel, Anat & Levin, Noam & Mintz, Zvi & Steenekamp, Guy & Zaban, Shaul, 2021. "Haste makes waste: On the implications of rapid planning in Israel," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    3. Gianluca Egidi & Sirio Cividino & Sabato Vinci & Adele Sateriano & Rosanna Salvia, 2020. "Towards Local Forms of Sprawl: A Brief Reflection on Mediterranean Urbanization," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-16, January.
    4. Umfreville Paul & Sirr Lorcan, 2020. "Reform and policymaking: Theory and practice in the Irish housing context," Administration, Sciendo, vol. 68(4), pages 215-236, December.
    5. Catriona REID & Stefan Gabriel BURCEA, 2022. "Strategic Spatial Planning In Irish Local Communities," APPLIED RESEARCH IN ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 3(3), pages 4-9, December.

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