Marjorie Mayo
Goldsmiths, University of London, PACE, Faculty Member
An exploration of the challenges to be addressed if government policies to promote community engagement are to be genuinely inclusive of newcomers as well as more established communities.
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The research explored the impact of public service modernisation agendas as these were being experienced by public service professionals and volunteers engaged in Law Centres. Law Centres were providing front-line advice to individuals... more
The research explored the impact of public service modernisation agendas as these were being experienced by public service professionals and volunteers engaged in Law Centres. Law Centres were providing front-line advice to individuals and communities in disadvantaged areas, information and advice services that have been identified as centrally important to public service modernisation agendas, as governments have been aiming to shift the balance of power and accountability away from public service providers towards more active and informed citizens and service users. Were these policy agendas facilitating the development of more effective, more accountable services? Or conversely were they being experienced as demotivating and demoralising, potentially undermining the occupational values and identities of those involved? More specifically the research also aimed to identify the ways in which these changes were being addressed, what strategies were being adopted to manage competing pressures and demands whilst maintaining professional ethical standards. There are potential implications here for debates on the future of the public service ethos, more generally. The first stage of the research consisted of a postal/electronic survey of 107 Law Centre staff, volunteers and management committee members and trustees. This survey was followed up with two rounds of interviews, 112 interviews in total, the first round being with Law Centre staff and volunteers (including management committee members and trustees) and the second round being with other stakeholders, including local authority officers and councillors and representatives of other advice agencies. Including the views of other stakeholders gives added weight to the research’s conclusions about the value of Law Centres, as well as the values of those who work in them.
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Research Interests: Sociology, Multiculturalism, Political Science, Empowerment, Community Cohesion, and 15 moreCommunity, Community engagement, Audience Measurement, Localism, Solidarity, Social cohesion, Community building, Psychological Intervention, Coventry, Newham, Community participation and engagement, Oldham, Guidance and Counseling Intervention Programs, New Communities, and Social
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Violence against women is a worldwide yet still largely hidden problem. One in three women worldwide will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime’ (Walby, et al, 2017. 2). This matters. Violence wrecks lives (Ibid). But... more
Violence against women is a worldwide yet still largely hidden problem. One in three women worldwide will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime’ (Walby, et al, 2017. 2). This matters. Violence wrecks lives (Ibid). But freedom from the threats of harassment and sexual assault are freedoms that so many women can hardly imagine, because violence is such a deep rooted aspect of so many cultures. These issues are becoming increasingly recognised for the social injustices and human rights violations that they are – and increasingly challenged. This has been especially so in India, following the national and indeed the international publicity that followed the horrific rape of a young woman in Delhi, in 2012. Although the victim subsequently died from her injuries, this was not before she had time to give evidence about the attack, and so to raise wider awareness of the urgent need for action in response.
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The previous chapter on cultural strategies and community economic development included some discussion of tourism, with a focus on the varying implications for the local host communities. This chapter shifts to focus upon those who... more
The previous chapter on cultural strategies and community economic development included some discussion of tourism, with a focus on the varying implications for the local host communities. This chapter shifts to focus upon those who travel, and more specifically upon those who travel in response to wider pressures, rather than predominantly as a matter of individual preference. Leaving the homeland raises potential questions about culture, community and identity and processes of change, both for those who leave and for their children, second generation migrants, raised in another place. How might cultural strategies for community development address the issues faced by migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, those who have left home, whether as a result of wider economic, social or political pressures? And how might such strategies take account of diversities within as well as between these communities as these develop and change over time including differences relating to gender, age, class and political perspective?
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This chapter starts by summarising previous definitions and approaches to the contested concept of ‘community’, typically defined in terms of ‘communities of place’, ‘communities of identity’ and ‘communities of shared interests’.... more
This chapter starts by summarising previous definitions and approaches to the contested concept of ‘community’, typically defined in terms of ‘communities of place’, ‘communities of identity’ and ‘communities of shared interests’. Reflecting upon the experiences of communities in response to migration and displacement, the chapter concludes that such previous definitions need to be expanded. They need to take account of the ways in which communities form and re- form, in response to displacement and dispossession. And they need to take account of the multiple ways in which people identify with varying communities simultaneously, both locally and as members of faith communities and transnational communities.
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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... more
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
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... 290 Young people, development in the South, urban regeneration in the North at Google Indexer on June 24, 2010 pdj.sagepub.com Downloaded from Page 14. emerged as a key issue, with teachers being seen as more authoritarian than youth... more
... 290 Young people, development in the South, urban regeneration in the North at Google Indexer on June 24, 2010 pdj.sagepub.com Downloaded from Page 14. emerged as a key issue, with teachers being seen as more authoritarian than youth workers (with implications for ...
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The British government and powerful international agencies present investment in social capital as a way of promoting neighbourhood renewal, community health and educational achievement. This book confirms the significance of social... more
The British government and powerful international agencies present investment in social capital as a way of promoting neighbourhood renewal, community health and educational achievement. This book confirms the significance of social capital as an analytical tool, while challenging the basis on which current policy is being developed.
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Acknowledgements - INTRODUCTION: The Changing Parameters of Debate - The Mixed Economy of Welfare: Unravelling some Myths and Identifying some Choices - The Shifting Concept of Community - Policies for Jobs and Training: Community... more
Acknowledgements - INTRODUCTION: The Changing Parameters of Debate - The Mixed Economy of Welfare: Unravelling some Myths and Identifying some Choices - The Shifting Concept of Community - Policies for Jobs and Training: Community Development and Local Economic Development - Some International Comparisons from the North - Some International Comparisons from the South - The Changing Role of the Non Statutory/Community Sector in Britain - Community Participation in Planning and Community Service Provision - CONCLUSION: Concluding Questions - Index
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Popular education is more needed than ever. The Covid 19 pandemic has been highlighting the challenges of widening inequalities, increasing exploitation and oppression, along with persistent xenophobia and violence against women and... more
Popular education is more needed than ever. The Covid 19 pandemic has been highlighting the challenges of widening inequalities, increasing exploitation and oppression, along with persistent xenophobia and violence against women and minority communities. Yet popular education faces threats of its own, and resources have been on the decline, precisely when they have become so urgently required in the contemporary context. Whilst acknowledging these threats, the article goes on to focus on some of the ways in which popular education initiatives have continued to be promoted despite these wider challenges. ‘The World Transformed’ (TWT) has provided evidence of just such initiatives in Britain.The conclusions of TWT’s research resonate with Paulo Freire’s own reflections in the final section of ‘The Pedagogy of Hope’. Despite the challenges he continued to look forward to the future with hope.
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The Far Right has made a play of appealing to people’s emotions, focusing on people’s anxieties and fears, along with widespread feelings of envy and resentment. Psycho-social approaches can provide ways of understanding the roots of... more
The Far Right has made a play of appealing to people’s emotions, focusing on people’s anxieties and fears, along with widespread feelings of envy and resentment. Psycho-social approaches can provide ways of understanding the roots of these emotions - and how to work with them - unpacking people’s hostilities towards ‘the other’ as the basis for building more hopeful, rather than more hateful, futures. Having summarised the findings from psycho-social studies the chapter concludes with some examples where communities and social movements have been working with emotions more hopefully, including via strategies to tackle racism in football.
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This chapter explores the ways in which the ‘Take Part’ approach has been contributing to the promotion of active citizenship and community engagement. The approach was developed through a series of government initiatives under the... more
This chapter explores the ways in which the ‘Take Part’ approach has been contributing to the promotion of active citizenship and community engagement. The approach was developed through a series of government initiatives under the Together We Can programme, and drew upon the contributions of Paulo Freire, Orlando Fals-Borda, and other international pioneers of learning for social transformation, starting from people’s own experiences and interests, and critically reflecting upon these as the basis for developing strategies for change. The authors look at how the approach has been promoted and applied in the UK, US, and Columbia, to empower individual citizens and their communities to acquire the confidence and competence to set out their concerns, whilst encouraging the relevant structures of governance to learn to listen and respond more effectively, to build a more active and engaged civil society and a more responsive and effective state that can deliver needed public services.
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This chapter sets out to build a bridge, to connect the debates on competing perspectives on cultures, communities and identities outlined in the preceding chapters, to debates on alternative approaches to community development policies... more
This chapter sets out to build a bridge, to connect the debates on competing perspectives on cultures, communities and identities outlined in the preceding chapters, to debates on alternative approaches to community development policies and practices. ‘Culture’ in the broad anthropological sense — of culture as a design for living — has been central to community development agendas as these have been developed in both the First and Third Worlds in North and South. And ‘culture’ in the more specific and restricted sense of community arts and media, has featured in community development programmes across the range of practice settings.
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Community-university partnerships can lead to the co-production of really useful knowledge, enabling communities to research their own issues and concerns. As a result, communities and social movements can develop more effective... more
Community-university partnerships can lead to the co-production of really useful knowledge, enabling communities to research their own issues and concerns. As a result, communities and social movements can develop more effective strategies, in response. Such partnerships have significant potential, but only if they are based upon mutual understanding and trust. There are pressures on universities in the current policy context, impacting on the scope for developing collaborative rather than more competitive ways of working, respecting communities’ priorities and time constraints. Despite these pressures though, the chapter provides examples of mutually beneficial partnerships, including partnerships developing participatory research via community arts and cultural initiatives.
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This chapter introduces the book’s themes of migration, displacement, community resistance and the development of community solidarities – drawing upon the author’s experiences as well as her previous research. In the context of... more
This chapter introduces the book’s themes of migration, displacement, community resistance and the development of community solidarities – drawing upon the author’s experiences as well as her previous research. In the context of neo-liberal globalisation there are common underlying causes for the movement of peoples, whether these are movements within countries or movements across national borders. There are similarities as well as differences between people’s displacements, including people’s displacement as a result of social cleansing, here in Britain. The chapter concludes by introducing the chapters that follow.
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The conclusions argue for the continuing relevance of the theoretical contributions of Marx and Freire. Rather than providing blueprints for the future, however, their analyses provide the basis for addressing the tensions and dilemmas... more
The conclusions argue for the continuing relevance of the theoretical contributions of Marx and Freire. Rather than providing blueprints for the future, however, their analyses provide the basis for addressing the tensions and dilemmas that continue to face popular educators , working to develop what Freire has termed ‘pedagogies of hope’, supporting movements for justice, solidarity and social transformation.
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People working as cleaners represent a substantial part of the modern British working class. Low-paid, often part-time, disproportionately female and, more recently, from black and minority ethnic and migrant communities, this workforce... more
People working as cleaners represent a substantial part of the modern British working class. Low-paid, often part-time, disproportionately female and, more recently, from black and minority ethnic and migrant communities, this workforce has historically been seen as hard to organise. Yet the Covid-19 crisis has elevated the status of cleaning as a key part of maintaining public health. In this article, trade union organisers with experience of working with cleaners discuss the possibilities of the current conjuncture for effecting a step change in both unionisation and the reconstruction of public services.
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The book makes a significant contribution to the growing research evidence on children and young people with caring responsibilities ('young carers') and the impacts of HIV/AIDS on families globally, focusing on the experiences... more
The book makes a significant contribution to the growing research evidence on children and young people with caring responsibilities ('young carers') and the impacts of HIV/AIDS on families globally, focusing on the experiences and perspectives of children that are caring for a parent with HIV in the global North and South.
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The research explored the impact of public service modernisation agendas as these were being experienced by public service professionals and volunteers engaged in Law Centres. Law Centres were providing front-line advice to individuals... more
The research explored the impact of public service modernisation agendas as these were being experienced by public service professionals and volunteers engaged in Law Centres. Law Centres were providing front-line advice to individuals and communities in disadvantaged areas, information and advice services that have been identified as centrally important to public service modernisation agendas, as governments have been aiming to shift the balance of power and accountability away from public service providers towards more active and informed citizens and service users. Were these policy agendas facilitating the development of more effective, more accountable services? Or conversely were they being experienced as demotivating and demoralising, potentially undermining the occupational values and identities of those involved? More specifically the research also aimed to identify the ways in which these changes were being addressed, what strategies were being adopted to manage competing pressures and demands whilst maintaining professional ethical standards. There are potential implications here for debates on the future of the public service ethos, more generally.
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Abstract: The British Government has acknowledged the need to strengthen policies on urban regeneration and the key role of training and education. A systematic examination of the training agenda of urban regeneration is now a priority... more
Abstract: The British Government has acknowledged the need to strengthen policies on urban regeneration and the key role of training and education. A systematic examination of the training agenda of urban regeneration is now a priority and this report provides an ...
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With over 2,000 support groups listed in Britain at the time of writing at the beginning of 2021, the growth of mutual aid has been among the more positive outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic. So much for the neoliberal view of humans as... more
With over 2,000 support groups listed in Britain at the time of writing at the beginning of 2021, the growth of mutual aid has been among the more positive outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic. So much for the neoliberal view of humans as rational individuals focused on the pursuit of their own self-interests, whatever the needs of others. For Marxists, though, the recent growth of mutual aid groups needs to be set within the framework of critical understandings about civil society, the respective roles of civil society, the market and the state, and the potential for building alternatives within capitalist societies. The Covid-19 pandemic has been highlighting the failures of market-led approaches to meeting people’s needs, demonstrating the need for more rather than less public provision, including the need for a national care service. Meanwhile, the voluntary and community sectors have been struggling to fill the gaps between shrinking public services on the one hand and growing soc...
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c the scope and importance of policies for jobs and training in relation to community development strategies within the mixed economy of welfare. How have these debates developed over time and in different contexts? And what are the major... more
c the scope and importance of policies for jobs and training in relation to community development strategies within the mixed economy of welfare. How have these debates developed over time and in different contexts? And what are the major implications for community organisations, women and black and ethnic-minority groups who are concerned to improve their opportunities for jobs and training within the framework of the mixed economy of welfare?
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The previous chapter questioned the binary approach — the view that culture, cultural strategies and cultural struggles were either top of the social transformation agenda, on the one hand, or a potentially harmful diversion, on the other... more
The previous chapter questioned the binary approach — the view that culture, cultural strategies and cultural struggles were either top of the social transformation agenda, on the one hand, or a potentially harmful diversion, on the other hand. In place of such over-simplified polarities, it was suggested, the question was not so much whether, but how culture and cultural struggles were relevant, depending upon which definitions and which perspectives were being applied. This chapter raises a similar set of questions in relation to the analysis of Communities, Identities and Social Movements. The chapter starts by exploring the varying and contested meanings of the notion of ‘community’, whether ‘community’ has been defined in terms of geography or in terms of common interests and identities. This leads into some discussion of the concept of ‘identity’ itself, a concept which turns out to be no less problematic. The concluding sections of the chapter move on to explore varying perspectives on the New (and not-so-new) Social Movements in principle, and differing approaches to the role of social movements and community politics in practice.
This book brings theoretical understandings of migration and displacement (including displacement as a result of urban redevelopment programmes) together with empirical illustrations of the varying ways in which communities respond. These... more
This book brings theoretical understandings of migration and displacement (including displacement as a result of urban redevelopment programmes) together with empirical illustrations of the varying ways in which communities respond. These responses can be negative, divisive and exclusionary. But responses to migration and displacement can also be positive and mutually supportive, building solidarities both within and between communities, whether locally or transnationally. Drawing upon original research, the book includes case studies from varying international contexts, illustrating how different communities respond to the challenges of migration and displacement. These include examples of responses through community arts – such as poetry, story-telling and photography, exploring the scope for building communities (including transnational, diaspora communities) of solidarity and social justice. The concluding chapters identify potential implications for public policy and profession...
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... Community work in the UK: Reflections on the 1980s. Community Dev J (1990) 25(4): 316-325 doi:10.1093/cdj/25.4.316. Full Text (PDF). Séamus Ó Cinnéide and; Jim Walsh. Multiplication and Divisions: Trends in Community Development in... more
... Community work in the UK: Reflections on the 1980s. Community Dev J (1990) 25(4): 316-325 doi:10.1093/cdj/25.4.316. Full Text (PDF). Séamus Ó Cinnéide and; Jim Walsh. Multiplication and Divisions: Trends in Community Development in Ireland since the 1960s. ...