Active Citizenship and Local Governance in the Case of Cressingham Gardens: Agonism or Antagonism?

This paper utilizes the concepts of agonism and antagonism to further the existing analysis of active citizenship within local governance. At present, this relationship is taking place as housing stock increasingly becomes the subject of financialization. Embedded in this context, and with a particu...

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Published inHousing, theory, and society Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 476 - 495
Main Author Watson, Charlotte
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 08.08.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Active citizenship
austerity
Case studies
Citizenship
estate regeneration
financialisation
Gardens & gardening
Governance
Hostility
Housing
Lambeth Council
Qualitative research
Redevelopment
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Summary:This paper utilizes the concepts of agonism and antagonism to further the existing analysis of active citizenship within local governance. At present, this relationship is taking place as housing stock increasingly becomes the subject of financialization. Embedded in this context, and with a particular focus on active citizenship's manifestation in estate redevelopment and how it moulds the interactions between citizen and state, I discuss how differing conceptions of the nature of active citizenship serve to create distrust and hostility throughout the redevelopment process, using the case study of the Cressingham Gardens estate in the London borough of Lambeth. Through conducting extensive qualitative research with state actors and estate residents, this study illustrates the mechanisms by which active citizenship that falls outside the remit deemed acceptable by the state is challenged on a live, contested site.
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ISSN:1403-6096
1651-2278
DOI:10.1080/14036096.2020.1813804