Community organising is expanding globally. One example is the Community Organisers Programme in England, initiated by the Cameron coalition government from 2011 to 2015. This qualitative study of the Community Organisers Programme juxtaposes critical theory regarding neoliberalism and state devolution with the experiences of fifteen subjects interviewed in 2014 and 2015. The three cohorts included (i) five recruited, salaried and trained community organisers, (ii) five administrative staff from key social service organisations and government and (iii) five external professionals including leading full-time community organisers and/or academic activists recognised in the overall field. The case study confirms expected outcomes regarding the existing theory on neoliberalism and state incorporation. Nevertheless, the interviews revealed both more nuance in relation to the existing theory and literature as well as some surprises in the Community Organisers Programme, which are potentially instructive for future community organising within and outside of social work. Two were (i) the relative absence of bureaucratic burden from the government and sense of autonomy felt by the community organisers and staff and (ii) the progressive potential of adding public funding of community organising to diversify and expand the funding mix in response to our extraordinarily challenging contemporary context.

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“我们没有交付政府议程”：英格兰的社区组织者计划

社区组织正在全球范围内扩展。一个示例是英国的社区组织者计划，该计划是由卡梅伦联合政府于2011年至2015年发起的。该社区组织者计划的定性研究将关于新自由主义和国家权力下放的批判理论与2014年和2015年接受采访的15个主题的经验并列。三组人员包括（i）五名受聘，受薪和受过培训的社区组织者，（ii）五名来自主要社会服务组织和政府的行政人员，以及（iii）五名外部专业人员，包括公认的领先的全职社区组织者和/或学术活动家整体领域。案例研究证实了有关新自由主义和国家合并的现有理论的预期结果。尽管如此，访谈显示，与现有理论和文学有关的细微差别以及“社区组织者计划”中的一些惊喜，这可能对将来在社会工作之内和之外的社区组织工作具有指导意义。其中两个是（i）政府相对没有官僚机构的负担，社区组织者和工作人员感到自治，以及（ii）增加社区组织的公共资金以应对我们的多样化和扩大资金组合的潜在潜力极具挑战性的当代环境。