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

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neoliberalism: The Rise of a Bad Idea....Pages 3-19
Irish Neoliberalism and Neoliberal Urban Policy....Pages 20-36
Light-Touch Regulation: The Rise and Fall of the Irish Banking Sector....Pages 37-52
The Political Economy of Legislative Change: Neoliberalising Planning Legislation....Pages 53-65
The Changing Ideology and Operation of Planning in Dublin....Pages 66-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-91
Ready Money: Over-Development in the Offices Sector....Pages 93-106
Ready Money: Residential Over-Development and Its Consequences....Pages 107-119
The Financialisation of Irish Homeownership and the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis....Pages 120-138
Bailing Out the Banks: The Role of the National Asset Management Agency....Pages 139-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Actually Existing Neoliberalism: Public-Private Partnerships in Public Service and Infrastructure Provision in Ireland....Pages 157-173
Taking Liberties: Gentrification as Neoliberal Urban Policy in Dublin....Pages 174-188
Neoliberalising the City ‘Creative-Class’ Style....Pages 189-202
Neoliberal ‘Regeneration’ and the Myth of Community Participation....Pages 203-218
The Collapse of PPPs: Prospects for Social Housing Regeneration after the Crash....Pages 219-232
The Role of Private Consultancies in Neoliberal Urban Regeneration....Pages 233-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-248
Contested Urban Environments: Community Engagement and Struggle in Central Dublin....Pages 249-264
Neoliberal Urban Policy and Challenging the Ideological Straightjacket....Pages 265-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-286