The Co-Option of Radicalism
Conflict, Community and Civil Society: Community Action and Social Change in a Post-Colonial Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2299790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Robson (University of Ulster, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 221-245 |
| Publication date | 2001-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/08969205010270020401 |
| OpenAlex | W2046202515, W4249995087 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
Many view the emergence of a community action dynamic as one having the constituency and the power to affect the pace of economic development. Such a dynamic implies a rejection of the planned economy as well as an embracing of the philosophy of `small-is-best'. Disenchanted by the failure to respond effectively to the widening gulf between rich and poor, some turned to an `inclusive community' politics as an alternative. A new political correctness appeared in which `community' rather than `class' becomes the motor for change. Many of these developments satisfy the `New' Labour leadership's needs aimed at minimizing the negative effects of their rejection of socialist solutions. Against that background community workers warmly embrace this new direction; endorse a new communitarianism in which forms of subsidiarity are expected to replace a diminishing welfare state. In this paper contrasting examples are presented as evidence of these changes. All represent the nature of the failing expectations taking place in the world of `community' politics as the concept of `social partnership'—driven by the needs of the state—becomes, instead, synonymous with compromise and concession. Much of this is set in the context of the post-colonial political development of Northern Ireland in a post `Good-Friday' agreement situation in which `community' continues to remain indistinguishable from sectarian division
Civil society · Colonialism · Elite · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Social change · Sociology · Academic Freedom and Politics · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Gender Studies · Irish and British Studies · Law · Social and Cultural Studies · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2018 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |