Fisher, J., Lawthom, R. orcid.org/0000-0003-2625-3463 and Kagan, C. (2016) Delivering on the Big Society? Tensions in hosting community organisers. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 31 (4). pp. 502-517. ISSN 0269-0942
Abstract
The Big Society, including the community organising programme, was central to the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron’s vision for a redefined relationship between state and society. Promising the devolvement of power to neighbourhoods and citizens – Community organising was funded by the Cabinet Office in 2011. It was conceived of as a means of developing active engagement of communities and individuals to resolve the issues within deprived neighbourhoods. Manchester Metropolitan University hosted one of the first cohorts of community organisers working with a national organisation, Locality. This article provides a case study of a university-community partnership centred on community organising. Drawing on narratives, we consider the tensions inherent in university hosting of community organisers and the framing of the project as community organising as distinct from other forms of community practice.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s). This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Big Society; community; community organiser; university |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2024 16:16 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2024 16:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0269094216650142 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210057 |
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