Abstract

The crisis in community development in Ireland has been discussed by community workers, academics and equality experts. This article contributes to this analysis with empirical research encompassing the voice of people living with inequality, including a number of community activists. The research shows how affective relations take precedence in women’s discussions about social class inequality and activism at a community level. Yet, this everyday concern with the affective is not given a legitimate status in academic and political discourse about community development. It is argued that this depoliticization of affective relations is part of the crisis in community development when it fails to incorporate a political analysis of what matters most to people at a community level.

中文翻译：

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“个人”麻烦和公共场所：社区作为关怀和社会行动的场所

摘要

社区工作者，学者和平等专家讨论了爱尔兰社区发展的危机。本文通过实证研究为这种分析做出了贡献，实证研究涵盖了不平等生活者的声音，其中包括许多社区活动家。该研究表明，在妇女关于社区阶层的社会阶级不平等和行动主义的讨论中，情感关系如何占据主导地位。但是，这种与情感有关的日常关注在有关社区发展的学术和政治讨论中并未得到应有的重视。有人认为，这种情感关系的去政治化是社区发展危机的一部分，因为它未能纳入对社区最重要的人的政治分析。