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DISCOURSE AND CONSENSUS OF INSTITUTIONAL PLAYERS IN SOCIAL HOUSING

DISCOURSE AND CONSENSUS OF INSTITUTIONAL PLAYERS IN SOCIAL HOUSING. by Associate Professor Mary Kaidonis Head of School of Accounting & Finance

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DISCOURSE AND CONSENSUS OF INSTITUTIONAL PLAYERS IN SOCIAL HOUSING

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  1. DISCOURSE AND CONSENSUS OF INSTITUTIONAL PLAYERS IN SOCIAL HOUSING by Associate Professor Mary Kaidonis Head of School of Accounting & Finance Research of accounting in its organisational, political and social contextsUniversity of WollongongFaculty of Commerce: inspiring social innovation

  2. The Australasian Housing Institute (AHI) • “a new institutional player” (Milligan, 2004: 3). • “help to build support for stronger and more relevant national and state housing policies” (Milligan, 2004: 3).

  3. “promote debate and advocate on social housing” • “engage and encourage all levels of government to value, seek and act on the advice of the AHI” (Australasian Housing Institute, 2005).

  4. Suggests • social acceptance of the AHI reflected at the government level. • Social acceptance enables the claim of legitimation by an institution – hence use of Theory of Legitimation

  5. Theory of legitimation • the discourse and institutional elements • crucial components of the legitimation process • interplay • mutually reinforcing

  6. Mutual reinforcing • impression of authority of a consensual process • could mask conflicts of interest

  7. Institutional element • broad level reflected by : • organisations or entities of the State • related legislative instruments • eg acts and agreements

  8. afforded authority • exercise power within the systems which its society created

  9. Discourse • specific vocabulary which is understood and shared between institutional players • implicit ideology – not readily challenged

  10. Suggests • Dominant discourse • Financial imperatives • marginalise social policies

  11. If so, then • UK impact of New Public Management “new business or commercial ethos” (Walker, 2000, p 281).

  12. Potential • Financial discourse privileged over social policy discourse? • Social policy expressed in financial discourse? • Coexistence of social and financial discourses?

  13. Impact on emerging institutional players? • Adopt the discourse to gain legitimacy? • Risk marginalisation?

  14. Level 1 & 2 – institutions of the state • Level 3 AHI • to be an institutional player • choice of discourse ? • too early? • potential for debate, advocacy, engagement of AHI ?

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