Active Citizenship and Local Representational Politics in Twenty-First Century Ireland

The Role of Residents Groups within Dublin's Planning Arena

Bibliographic Data

ID8124158
AuthorsMark Scott (0000-0002-8053-5720, University College Dublin, corresponding author), Declan Redmond (0000-0003-3004-5018, University College Dublin), Paula Russell (0000-0003-3286-2492, University College Dublin)
Year2012
Volume20
Issue2
Pages147-170
Publication date2012-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Planning Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0965-4313 • E-ISSN: 1469-5944
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09654313.2012.650905
OpenAlexW1971826111
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited37

This paper explores the relationship between active citizenship at a local level and the workings of local government, focusing on urban planning processes in the Greater Dublin Area, Ireland. The paper argues that to fully understand the role of community actors within urban planning, there is a need to look beyond the institutions of planning and formal avenues of decision-making to examine the overlapping, disorganized and informal practices that are increasingly mobilized to influence planning outcomes. We argue that a key motivation for community action within our case study areas relates to the perceived failure in traditional representative democracy in managing rapid urban growth and addressing quality of life concerns of local residents. Rather than collaborate with the state in organized planning arenas, community actors play a key role in informal politics both outside and against the state, leading to tensions between state efforts to promote active citizenship and the resultant community action

Active citizenship · Citizenship · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Irish and British Studies · Urban Planning and Governance · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration

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