Culture lag and democratic deficit in Ireland

Or, 'Dat's outside de terms of d'agreement

Bibliographic Data

ID8067975
AuthorsJohn O’carroll (corresponding author), J P O'Carroll
Year2002
Volume37
Issue1
Pages10-19
Publication date2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunity Development Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-3802 • E-ISSN: 1468-2656
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/cdj/37.1.10
OpenAlexW2074129557
LanguageEN
Citations received11

The main characteristics of the institutional context of policy making in Ireland are examined and their more latent consequences for community development delineated. The emphasis on partnership at all levels, on nation and, ironically, on community, is shown to contribute more to the legitimation of the state than to the cause of community development. This has created difficulties in responding adequately to new policy issues such as redistribution and immigration. The case of Ireland is seen as merely an extreme example of the more widespread failure to discriminate adequately between the nature and appropriate functions of the community, the public sphere and the state. The development of the public sphere is stymied with the result that communities cannot democratically articulate their differences or develop a sense of agency and skills in self‐organization

Agency (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Democracy · democratic deficit · General partnership · Geography · Immigration · Legitimation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Redistribution (election · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Irish and British Studies · Law · Public Administration

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