Guarneros-Meza, V., Tellería, I., Blas, A. et al. (1 more author) (2018) The jewel in the crown : co-optive capacity and participation during austerity in Cardiff and San Sebastián-Donostia. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 42 (6). pp. 1096-1113. ISSN 0309-1317
Abstract
In this article we compare Cardiff and San Sebastián‐Donostia (Donostia) qualitatively, arguing that local governments’ capacity to co‐opt non‐state actors provides a relevant approach to understanding changes in citizen participation under fiscal austerity. Our argument is based on the close interrelationships of co‐optation, legitimacy and procedural regulation. These concepts help us understand how citizen participation is maintained in periods of instability, as experienced by city governments during and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Local governments’ legitimacy is maintained in so far as it shows capacity to co‐opt through negotiation, capture, ‘technicalization’ of processes and minimization of conflict. These elements work in tandem with factors of urban austerity embedded into a longer‐term neoliberalizing discourse. Our findings show that both city governments maintained their legitimacy but that, in the process, Cardiff Council's co‐optive capacity weakened, in contrast to Donostia's.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Urban Research Publications Limited. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | participation; co‐optation; legitimacy; austerity urbanism; Cardiff; Wales; San Sebastián‐Donostia; Spain |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Spanish Government National R&D Plan, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness CSO2012-32817 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2020 14:01 |
Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2020 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1468-2427.12709 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156474 |