Participatory governance in Ireland: Institutional innovation and the quest for joined-up thinking
At a time when governments are grappling with increasingly complex problems, state-led participatory processes that facilitate citizen and community voice in decision-making and policymaking have become more common at national, regional and local government levels. In Ireland, citizen participation...
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| description | At a time when governments are grappling with increasingly complex problems, state-led participatory processes that facilitate citizen and community voice in decision-making and policymaking have become more common at national, regional and local government levels. In Ireland, citizen participation in government has achieved prominence in the last thirty years with the introduction of social partnership and more recent establishment of multiple and diverse forms of participatory governance, nationally, regionally and locally. This paper offers a critique of the evolution and operation of local participatory governance in Ireland. The paper argues that to be effective, participatory governance requires strong and inclusive participatory processes at all levels of government, a clear ideological and policy basis, a coherent ‘joined-up’ programme and receptive institutional foundations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96abac4626c049f795ca84b9f1227c632022-12-21T22:37:27ZengSciendoAdministration2449-94712020-08-0168312010.2478/admin-2020-0013admin-2020-0013Participatory governance in Ireland: Institutional innovation and the quest for joined-up thinkingForde Catherine0School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, IrelandAt a time when governments are grappling with increasingly complex problems, state-led participatory processes that facilitate citizen and community voice in decision-making and policymaking have become more common at national, regional and local government levels. In Ireland, citizen participation in government has achieved prominence in the last thirty years with the introduction of social partnership and more recent establishment of multiple and diverse forms of participatory governance, nationally, regionally and locally. This paper offers a critique of the evolution and operation of local participatory governance in Ireland. The paper argues that to be effective, participatory governance requires strong and inclusive participatory processes at all levels of government, a clear ideological and policy basis, a coherent ‘joined-up’ programme and receptive institutional foundations.https://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2020-0013participatory governancecitizen participationcommunity participationlocal governmentpolicymaking |
| spellingShingle | Forde Catherine Participatory governance in Ireland: Institutional innovation and the quest for joined-up thinking Administration participatory governance citizen participation community participation local government policymaking |
| title | Participatory governance in Ireland: Institutional innovation and the quest for joined-up thinking |
| title_full | Participatory governance in Ireland: Institutional innovation and the quest for joined-up thinking |
| title_fullStr | Participatory governance in Ireland: Institutional innovation and the quest for joined-up thinking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Participatory governance in Ireland: Institutional innovation and the quest for joined-up thinking |
| title_short | Participatory governance in Ireland: Institutional innovation and the quest for joined-up thinking |
| title_sort | participatory governance in ireland institutional innovation and the quest for joined up thinking |
| topic | participatory governance citizen participation community participation local government policymaking |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2020-0013 |
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