Civil Society, the left and community organising: Towards a progressive politics
Looking for Consensus?: Civil Society, Social Movements and Crises for Public Management
ISBN: 978-1-78190-724-5, eISBN: 978-1-78190-725-2
Publication date: 30 December 2013
Abstract
Purpose
This chapter reviews critically the policy developments in the United Kingdom since 2010 with the adoption by the coalition of ‘community organising’ as both a concept and practice.
Design
The chapter is an extensive literature review informed by critical thinking and reflection.
Findings
The chapter argues that the model adopted in the United Kingdom is unlikely to address the power imbalances between civil society organisations and the state and that there needs to be a more critical and reflective assessment of the potential of civil society agencies to influence public policy in a progressive way.
Implications/originality
The chapter is intentionally speculative.
Keywords
Citation
Bunyan, P. (2013), "Civil Society, the left and community organising: Towards a progressive politics", Looking for Consensus?: Civil Society, Social Movements and Crises for Public Management (Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2045-7944(2013)0000002009
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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