Neoliberal Urban Policy and the Transformation of the City : Reshaping Dublin

We especially wish to thank those community leaders with whom the contributors to this book have worked over many years, who provided the inspiration for the production of this volume and who stimulated and helped with much of the empirical research which underlies it. It is impossible to name everyone individually but we particularly wish to thank This Collection Focuses On The Character And Impacts Of 'actually-existing' Neoliberalism In Ireland, Taking Dublin As A Central Case Study. It Explores The Way In Which Irish Neoliberalism Brought About A Major Transformation In The City And How The 'celtic Tiger' Economy Underwent A Dramatic Change In Fortunes, Requiring A Bail-out From The Eu, Ecb And Imf In Late 2010. The Study Comprises Four Parts, Setting The Contextual Background, Examining The Property-development Boom And Its Legacy, Reviewing The Impacts Of Neoliberal Urban Policy In Reshaping The City And, Finally, Noting Aspects Of Public Resistance To The Operation Of Neoliberal Urban Policy, Highlighting Salient Points To Be Drawn From The Continuing Irish Experience Of Neoliberalism And Austerity. Drawing Together A Wide Range Of Research, This Volume Is An Essential Read For Undergraduates, Postgraduates And Academics In Geography, Sociology, Urban Planning And Political Science. Part I: Setting The Context. Neoliberalism: The Rise Of A Bad Idea / Andrew Maclaran And Sinéad Kelly ; 2. Irish Neoliberalism And Neoliberal Urban Policy / Andrew Maclaran And Sinéad Kelly ; 3. Light-touch Regulation: The Rise And Fall Of The Irish Banking Sector / Sinéad Kelly ; 4. The Political Economy Of Legislative Change: Neoliberalising Planning Legislation / Enda Murphy, Linda Fox-rogers And Berna Grist ; 5. The Changing Ideology And Operation Of Planning In Dublin / Andrew Maclaran And Niall Mccrory -- Part Ii: The Property Boom And Its Legacy. 6. Ready Money: Over-development In The Offices Sector / Andrew Maclaran ; 7. Ready Money: Residential Over-development And Its Consequences / Brendan Williams And Declan Redmond ; 8. The Financialisation Of Irish Homeownership And The Impact Of The Global Financial Crisis / Dáithí D. Downey ; 9. Bailing Out The Banks: The Role Of The National Asset Management Agency / Brendan Williams -- Part Iii: Reshaping Urban Policy And Reshaping The City. 10. Actually Existing Neoliberalism: Public-private Partnerships In Public Service And Infrastructure Provision In Ireland / Rory Hearne ; 11. Taking Liberties: Gentrification As Neoliberal Urban Policy In Dublin / Sinéad Kelly ; 12. Neoliberalising The City 'creative-class' Style / Philip Lawton, Enda Murphy And Declan Redmond ; 13. Neoliberal 'regeneration' And The Myth Of Community Participation / Paula Brudell And Katia Attuyer ; 14. The Collapse Of Ppps: Prospects For Social Housing Regeneration After The Crash / Rory Hearne And Declan Redmond ; 15. The Role Of Private Consultancies In Neoliberal Urban Regeneration / Paula Brudell -- Part Iv: Considerations And Conclusions. 16. Contested Urban Environments: Community Engagement And Struggle In Central Dublin / Michael Punch ; 17. Neoliberal Urban Policy And Challenging The Ideological Straightjacket / Andrew Maclaran And Sinéad Kelly. Edited By Andrew Maclaran, Sinead Kelly. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book reviews the character and impacts of 'actually-existing' neoliberalism in Ireland. It examines the property-development boom and its legacy, the impacts of neoliberal urban policy in reshaping the city, public resistance to the new urban policy and highlights salient points to be drawn from the Irish experience of neoliberalism. This collection focuses on the character and impacts of 'actually-existing' neoliberalism in Ireland, taking Dublin as a central case study. It explores the way in which Irish neoliberalism brought about a major transformation in the city and how the 'Celtic Tiger' economy underwent a dramatic change in fortunes, requiring a bail-out from the EU, ECB and IMF in late 2010. The study comprises four parts, setting the contextual background, examining the property-development boom and its legacy, reviewing the impacts of neoliberal urban policy in reshaping the city and, finally, noting aspects of public resistance to the operation of neoliberal urban policy, highlighting salient points to be drawn from the continuing Irish experience of neoliberalism and austerity. Drawing together a wide range of research, this volume is an essential read for undergraduates, postgraduates and academics in geography, sociology, urban planning and political science