Neoliberal Urban Policy and the Transformation of the City Reshaping

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

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Neoliberal Urban Policy and the Transformation of the City Reshaping Dublin Edited by

Andrew MacLaran Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

and

Sinéad Kelly Lecturer, National University of Ireland Maynooth

Selection and editorial matter © Andrew MacLaran and Sinéad Kelly 2014 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-37704-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.

ISBN 978-1-349-47788-3 DOI 10.1057/9781137377050

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Contents List of Figures and Tables

vii

Preface

viii

Acknowledgements

ix

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

x

Notes on Contributors

xii

Part I Setting the Context 1 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 20

3 Light-Touch Regulation: The Rise and Fall of the Irish Banking Sector Sinéad Kelly

37

4 The Political Economy of Legislative Change: Neoliberalising Planning Legislation Enda Murphy, Linda Fox-Rogers and Berna Grist

53

5 The Changing Ideology and Operation of Planning in Dublin Andrew MacLaran and Niall McCrory

66

Part II The Property Boom and Its Legacy 6 Ready Money: Over-Development in the Offices Sector Andrew MacLaran

93

7 Ready Money: Residential Over-Development and Its