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The use of direct democracy to decide housing site allocations in English neighbourhoods

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The aim of this article is to reclaim the democratic legitimacy of self-selecting and informed publics in citizen engagement in housing development planning. It argues for an approach to public participation in which the issues, and the articulation of conflicting attachments to those issues, are understood as the occasion for democratic politics. The article illustrates this approach in an analysis of the use of direct democracy to decide housing allocations in the policy of neighbourhood planning in England. Drawing on literature from Science and Technology Studies and actor–network theory, it evidences the public articulation of house-building as a matter of concern and identifies the agency of housing in enrolling publics, translating interests and in fostering debate and contention. It concludes that the articulation of conflicting interests can deepen democratic engagement in housing development planning and open up the exclusions through which this issue is currently framed.

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  • Quintin Bradley, 2020. "The use of direct democracy to decide housing site allocations in English neighbourhoods," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(2), pages 333-352, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:35:y:2020:i:2:p:333-352
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2019.1598548
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