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

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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
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
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2024 15:05
Journal or Publication Title:	Community Development Journal
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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