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We are not an arm of the state.

We are not an arm of the state. www.independentaction.net. Power is…. Finite? or Infinite? Or Either / both. (Em)powerment is . A fig-leaf and A confidence trick. ‘Capacity building’…. Misses the point about POWER. Try being oppositional…. And you will soon be confronted by

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We are not an arm of the state.

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  1. We are not an arm of the state. www.independentaction.net

  2. Power is…. Finite? or Infinite? Or Either / both

  3. (Em)powerment is A fig-leaf and A confidence trick

  4. ‘Capacity building’…. Misses the point about POWER

  5. Try being oppositional… And you will soon be confronted by The ‘politics of power’

  6. Hirshman’s framework… Exit Voice Alienation Loyalty

  7. What’s happening right now? Dismantlement of the welfare state Contracting out what’s left Decline in living standards Look after yourself and the devil take the hindmost Entrenchment of power and money Continued conspiracy of consensus amongst the political class

  8. Or put another way…..

  9. Time to take sides “Watching everything demolished – youth services, Sure Start, libraries, post offices, the arts, museums, forests, the waterways – there is a point when public servants and charities alike need to set aside self-interest and speak up for the public good.” (Polly Toynbee: The Guardian 7th February)

  10. Activists say they want… To exchange with other activists Find their allies Understand the landscape Learn from experience elsewhere Gauge the results and share the lessons

  11. Questions for you Whose views & what knowledge influences or dominates your research practice? How does your research deal with or expose the hegemony of the establishment in the ‘politics of power’? What is your own experience of being on the wrong side of power imbalances? And….. Whose side are you on?

  12. You are not alone! Keep on keeping on.

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