Crean, Margaret
(2020)
‘Personal’ troubles and public spaces: the community as a site of care and social action.
Community Development Journal, 55 (4).
pp. 607-623.
ISSN 0010-3802
Abstract
The crisis in community development in Ireland has been discussed by
community workers, academics and equality experts. This article contributes to this analysis with empirical research encompassing the voice of
people living with inequality, including a number of community activists.
The research shows how affective relations take precedence in women’s
discussions about social class inequality and activism at a community level.
Yet, this everyday concern with the affective is not given a legitimate status
in academic and political discourse about community development. It is
argued that this depoliticization of affective relations is part of the crisis in
community development when it fails to incorporate a political analysis of
what matters most to people at a community level.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Personal troubles; public spaces; community; care and social action; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Applied Social Studies |
| Item ID: |
19027 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsz003 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr Margaret Crean
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| Date Deposited: |
15 Oct 2024 15:05 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Community Development Journal |
| Publisher: |
Oxford University Press |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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