Abstract
For a decade now, British governments of varying political complexions have been more or less committed to community intervention programmes, from the Educational Priority Areas, the urban programme, CDP, inner area studies and CCPs to the current partnership schemes for the inner cities. Despite all the indications to the contrary, official sponsorship of citizen participation and community action has remained on the political agenda. The White Paper on the inner cities made the commitment clear: ‘Involving local people is both a necessary means to the regeneration of the inner areas, and an end in its own right.’1
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes and References
See J. Smith, ‘Hard Lines and Soft Options’, in P. Curno (ed.), Political Issues and Community Work (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978).
P. Corrigan, ‘Community Work and Political Struggle: the Posibilities of Working on the Contradictions’, in P. Leonard (ed.), The Sociology of Community Action Sociological Review Monograph (Keele University, 1975).
K. Coates and R. Silburn, Poverty, the Forgotten Englishman (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970) p. 233.
R. Miliband, The State in Capitalist Society (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969).
See E. Wilson, Women in the Welfare State (London: Tavistock, 1977).
See M. Castells, The Urban Question: a Marxist Approach (London: Edward Arnold, 1977).
C. Cockburn, The Local State: Management of Cities and People (London: Pluto Press, 1977).
CDP, Gilding the Ghetto (London, 1976).
Canning Town CDP, Canning Town to North Woolwich: the Aims of Industry? (Oxford: Social Evaluation Unit, 1977).
Coventry CDP, Final Report, vol. 1 (1976).
J. O’Malley, The Politics of Community Action (Nottingham: Spokesman Books, 1977) p. 180.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 1979 Mark Allen, Ron Bailey, Bob Davis, Judith Green, Bill Jordan, Martin Loney, Alex Lyon, Marjorie Mayo, Jef Smith, Robin Thompson, Andrew Thornley, John Tilley, Peter Walker, Jean Whitfield
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Mayo, M. (1979). Radical Politics and Community Action. In: Loney, M., Allen, M. (eds) The Crisis of the Inner City. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16163-8_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16163-8_10
Publisher Name: Palgrave, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-333-25691-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-16163-8
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies CollectionSocial Sciences (R0)