http://hdl.handle.net/2262/62024 2013-05-25T15:40:46Z 2013-05-25T15:40:46Z Varley, Tony Curtin, Chris http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61749 2012-01-18T10:25:42Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The politics of empowerment: power, populism and partnership in rural Ireland Author: Varley, Tony; Curtin, Chris Abstract: Since the early 1990s local area partnerships, sponsored either by the state or by the EC/EU together with the state, have proliferated in Ireland as elsewhere (Geddes, 2000). What inspired these area partnerships initially was an official analysis that the conditions resulting in urban and rural decline had reached crisis dimensions that cried out for a fresh policy response. The basic idea was to tackle intractable economic and social problems by creating institutional arrangements capable of producing a consensus among key actors and of harnessing the energies of the public, private and voluntary sectors in new dynamic area partnerships. Description: This paper was delivered at a conference “Social Partnership: A New Kind of Governance?” funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis and the Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth, 14-15 September 2004.

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Corcoran, Mary P. http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61747 2012-02-15T03:25:55Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The challenge of urban regeneration in deprived European neighbourhoods: a partnership approach Author: Corcoran, Mary P. Abstract: This paper sets out to critically examine the adoption of a partnership approach to urban regeneration at neighbourhood level across eight European cities. While all of the cities were committed to the idea of the socially integrated city, significant differences emerged in the conceptualisation and practice of partnership at neighbourhood level. This paper draws on case studies assembled in the course of an EU funded thematic network (ENTRUST) to illustrate, in particular, the challenges associated with (1) mobilising the private sector and (2) engaging the local population in the process. The paper concludes that the experience of partnership at neighbourhood level is largely determined by contextual factors such as local and national institutional structures, political culture and the relative power of potentially competing actors within the urban regeneration system. Description: This paper was delivered at a conference “Social Partnership: A New Kind of Governance?” funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis and the Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth, 14-15 September 2004.

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Hardiman, Niamh http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61016 2011-11-30T10:27:43Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Politics and social partnership: flexible network governance Author: Hardiman, Niamh Abstract: This paper reassesses the relationship between social partnership and the broader Irish policy process. What has developed may be conceptualised as “flexible network governance”. While pay regulation may be less strongly institutionalised than in other countries with national-level pay deals, social partnership has created networks for establishing and maintaining priorities that matter to those involved in the process. These have not replaced conventional methods of developing policy. Nor do they displace government prerogative: politics can trump partnership. Social partnership is open to some criticism on grounds of both effectiveness and legitimacy. But is has proven robust to date on the core issues it deals with. Description: This paper was delivered at a conference “Social Partnership: A New Kind of Governance?” funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis and the Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth, 14-15 September 2004.

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Adshead, Maura http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60768 2012-02-15T03:30:14Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: New modes of governance and the Irish case: finding evidence for explanations of social partnership Author: Adshead, Maura Abstract: This paper applies insights from governance and multi-level governance(MLG) studies to the analysis of Social Partnership in order to: (1) outline a methodological approach for the study of Social Partnership over time; and (2) to provide neutral framework for analysis that will facilitate the collection of empirical evidence that may contribute (either positively or negatively) to the theorising of Social Partnership as a new form of governance. The proposed methodology focuses on the extent of policy integration (and/or disaggregation) between policy interests in the Social Partnership model in order to ascertain how inclusive Irish Social Partnership is. This is considered to be important, given the variety of claims made for Social Partnership as an instrument of direct and participatory democracy. Description: This paper was delivered at a conference “Social Partnership: A New Kind of Governance?” funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis and the Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth, 14-15 September 2004.

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Ó Riain, Seán http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60021 2012-02-15T03:25:54Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Social partnership as a mode of governance: introduction to the special issue Author: Ó Riain, Seán Abstract: The development of “social partnership” institutions has been one of the most striking, and surprising aspects of the transformation of Irish society and politics in the past fifteen years. The papers in this special issue explore the character of social partnership as a distinctive mode of governance – examining partnership in action at national and local levels and in interaction with the EU, in macroeconomic bargaining, in sectoral and environmental policy, and in urban and rural settings. The papers are all extensive revisions of papers first presented at a conference on “Social Partnership: A New Mode of Governance?” at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth in September 2004. The conference was generously funded by the Irish Research Council for The Humanities and Social Sciences and was held under the auspices of the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis and the Department of Sociology at NUI Maynooth. Description: First presented at a conference on “Social Partnership: A New Mode of Governance?” at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth in September 2004

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Murray, Michael http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60006 2011-10-10T13:41:43Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Multi-level “partnership” and Irish waste management: the politics of municipal incineration Author: Murray, Michael Abstract: This article looks at the deployment of partnership-as-governance in the area of EU and Irish waste management and incineration policy. Looking at the specific case of plans to locate a municipal incinerator at Poolbeg in Dublin, the key argument offered is that institutional arrangements in this instance fail to address fundamental issues of power inequalities. As a result, concertation actually increases levels of citizen’s dissatisfaction and hostility, making community-based resistance against incineration all the more likely. Description: This paper was delivered at a conference “Social Partnership: A New Kind of Governance?” funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis and the Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth, 14-15 September 2004.

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Larragy, Joe http://hdl.handle.net/2262/59842 2012-02-15T03:25:54Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Origins and significance of the community and voluntary pillar in Irish social partnership Author: Larragy, Joe Abstract: The Irish social partnership is comparatively unusual in the way that corporatist bargaining also accommodates community and voluntary sector organisations. This paper examines the origins and significance of the Community/Voluntary Pillar (CVP) in relation to a fiscal and social crisis and a crisis of legitimacy for the political elite. It identifies some key driving forces in the pillar and explores the case of one in particular – the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU). While sceptical of accounts that are dismissive of the Pillar, the paper acknowledges that its influence has waned since the fiscal and unemployment crises have subsided. Description: This paper was originally delivered at a conference “Social Partnership: A New Kind of Governance?” funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis and the Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth, 14-15 September 2004

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