The new politics of community action

Colenutt, B. (2010) The new politics of community action. Red Pepper. 171, pp. 45-47. 1353-7024.

Item Type:	Article
Abstract:	Bob Colenutt assesses the Tory conversion to community politics and finds echoes of New Labour’s early espousal of communitarianism against the state. What has happened to the radicalism of community politics? Here he urges a critical return to the ideas of radical thinkers and activists such as Saul Alinsky and Paolo Freire, who were clear that power had to be fought for and taken
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Community Development
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT51 Human settlements. Communities J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) > JF799 Political rights. Political participation
Creators:	Colenutt, Bob
Corporate Creators:	University of Northampton
Funders or Sponsors:	Leverhulme Trust - Emeritus Fellowship Award
Projects:	Community-Led Property Development
Publisher:	Socialist Newspaper Publications
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Northampton Institute for Urban Affairs University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016) University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Collaborative Centre for the Built Environment
Date:	May 2010
Date Type:	Publication
Page Range:	pp. 45-47
Journal or Publication Title:	Red Pepper
Volume:	171
Language:	English
ISSN:	1353-7024
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Refereed:	No
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/2624

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