Deepening Democracy within Ireland’s Social Partnership
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6074534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niamh Gaynor (0000-0001-5645-7032, Dublin City University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 303-319 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07907180903075736 |
| OpenAlex | W2087748422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 34 |
Ireland’s social partnership process, now under attack from a number of quarters, has repeatedly been charged with being ‘undemocratic’ in that it undermines the sovereign position of elected political representatives, with key policy formulation and decision‐making taking place in forums outside the institutions of representative democracy. These critiques echo those against new forms of networked governance more globally. A key question therefore is how (and if) democracy may be deepened within social partnership or its potential successor(s). This article addresses this question by employing a post‐liberal democratic framework to examine social partnership in practice, and by drawing lessons from another partnership process, Malawi’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Process (PRSP). Drawing from Malawi’s experience, it is argued that democracy can be deepened within social partnership when governance deliberations and negotiations are conducted under conditions of vibrant public debate and genuine perspective‐based representation, and when the communicative and discursive norms are widened to allow for such representation
Corporate governance · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Economics · General partnership · Management · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Community Development and Social Impact · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Public Administration · Social Work Education and Practice
Building trust with digital democratic innovations
Civil Society in the Shadow of the Irish State
Power and ideas
Participatory action research with and within community activist groups
Political Leaders and Public Engagement
An Advocacy Coalition Framework Approach to the Rise and Fall of Social Partnership
The life and times of liberal democracy
Debating Governance
The Principles of Representative Government
Three Using Power/Fighting Power
Two Concepts of Liberty
Moral consciousness and communicative action
NGOs, States and Donors
Inclusion and Democracy
Inclusion and Democracy
Governing as Governance
Can Anyone Hear Us
Democracy and Difference
A political analysis of the PRSP initiative
Network Governance and Post-Liberal Democracy
Addressing Network Governance Through the Concepts of Governmentality and Normalization
Development Theory and the Celtic Tiger
The Democratic Prospects of Network Governance
Third Way Social Governance
What do buzzwords do for development policy? a critical look at ‘participation’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘poverty reduction’
Democracy and Difference
The Future of Democracy
We hate it here, please let us stay! Irish social partnership and the community/voluntary sector’s conflicted experiences of recognition
The Westminster Model in Nigeria
Fianna Fáil, the Trade Union Movement and the Politics of Macroeconomic Crises, 1970–82
Deepening Democracy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |