What's left in the community? Oppositional politics in contemporary practice

DeFilippis, James; Fisher, Robert J.; Shragge, Éric

doi:10.1093/cdj/bsm010

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“…Work within community development and critical geography on climate change has drawn attention to these very issuesspecifically uneven power relations, querying whose voices and knowledge is included and excluded, how conflict plays out, and whose visions of 'development' get prioritised (DeFilippise et al 2007). Much of this more critical work has argued that climate change is likely to exacerbate existing socioeconomic inequalities, and that what is ultimately needed is transformative mitigation and adaptation (like de-growth and transition to a low carbon economy) that goes well beyond the tinkering adaptive engineering solutions like seawalls or flood protection banks (Wise et al 2014;Manning et al 2015;Pelling et al 2015).…”

Section: Engagement Practices For Climate Change Adaptation In Aotearoamentioning

confidence: 99%

Community-led initiatives for climate adaptation and mitigation

Simon

Diprose

Thomas

2019

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online

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Planning for climate change is complex. There is some uncertainty about how quickly the climate will change and what the anticipated localised effects will be. There are also governance questions, for instance, who has the mandate to make decisions around the management of collective resources (like council infrastructure) and private property. Underlying these questions are issues of justice, equity and agencywho pays for the costs of adaptation and mitigation, and how do decision-makers engage with communities when what is ultimately needed is transformational socioeconomic change? We use a case study in Te Awa Kairangi-Lower Hutt, Wellington, to show how a community initiative called Common Unity Project Aotearoa (CUPA) is fostering everyday practices of adaptation and mitigation amongst people who have traditionally had limited participation in more formal planning processes. We use the example of CUPA to demonstrate the significance of local community-led development initiatives for adapting to a changing climate. We argue that local government engagement with people around climate change cannot be separated from broader community development and wellbeing initiatives, and needs to be understood as longer term processes, rather than one-off project consultations.

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Section: Engagement Practices For Climate Change Adaptation In Aotearoamentioning

confidence: 99%

Community-led initiatives for climate adaptation and mitigation

Simon

Diprose

Thomas

2019

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online

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“…For these and many other populations, there is no choice but to be aware of the impacts of globalization and its relevance to local activism. The variance in this study's findings raises the question of whether local activism, organizing and local political engagement are more often endeavors that are disconnected from larger concerns—as some observers (e.g., Defilippis, Fisher, & Shragge, 2009) have argued—or whether it is a sophisticated adaptive strategy for combating some of the most egregious effects of contemporary globalization. This is a question that could profitably be taken up in future studies.…”

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Local Community Organizers and Activists Encountering Globalization: An Exploratory Study of their Perceptions and Adaptations

Christens¹,

Collura²

2012

Journal of Social Issues

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Globalization processes are putting pressure on traditional modes of democratic social action and rendering some ineffective. How does grassroots activists’ knowledge of globalization influence their strategies for working toward community change? This article draws on a qualitative analysis of 24 in‐depth interviews with activists and community organizers in the Midwestern United States to identify their perspectives on globalization, the local impacts and challenges that globalization creates, and the strategic adaptations of models for community organizing and local activism in the contemporary global era. We found that most organizers and activists are critically aware of globalization processes and the difficulties these dynamics pose for their communities. Further, they often view their locally focused work as a direct response to the demands of globalization. The findings offer a counterpoint to depictions of local social action as myopic or irrelevant for the global era.

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“…The majority, therefore, were white and of middle age, although there were interesting perspectives gathered from BME or younger activists, particularly in Lenton, and from others who participated in the observational elements. Amin (2002Amin ( , 2005, DeFillipis, Fisher and Shragge (2006, 2009), and Cornwall and Coelho (2006, have all made the case for adopting a political economy approach when studying community initiatives, setting any analysis 'within the histories of state-society relations that have shaped the configurations and contestations of the present ' (Cornwall and Coelho, 2006:22). Amin (2005) suggests that this offers a way out of the moral narrative which distinguishes between "good" communities (those who generate the right amount, and right kind, of social capital) and "bad" communities (those who don't), focusing instead on the relations which influence who feels they have a right and a motivation to participate, and who doesn't.…”

Section: Place Political Economy and The "Crisis Of Authority"mentioning

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Beyond sweat equity: Community organising beyond the Third Way

Watkins

2016

Urban Studies

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This paper explores the ambivalent nature of community organisation as a response to a "crisis of authority" in post-industrial areas subject to urban regeneration. In the discourse of the Third Way, activism has been increasingly discursively framed as "participation", legitimizing a shift in welfare provision from the state onto civil society and a proliferation of conclude that the potential of this as a source of contestation depends on two dimensions of practice: (i) the development by activists of a critical understanding of how to foster or maintain long-term collective interests, identity and practices within their communities and (ii) maintaining a clear sense of separation from the state which allows power to be confronted.

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What's left in the community? Oppositional politics in contemporary practice

Cited by 42 publications

References 6 publications

Community-led initiatives for climate adaptation and mitigation

Community-led initiatives for climate adaptation and mitigation

Local Community Organizers and Activists Encountering Globalization: An Exploratory Study of their Perceptions and Adaptations

Beyond sweat equity: Community organising beyond the Third Way

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