To the surprise of the left – many who see community organizing as strongly radical and leftist tradition – the Coalition Government genuinely regards community organizing as a way to rebuild communities, help transfer power from the state to local people and foster community activism. While some elements of the Big Society have received a tepid and in some cases, hostile, response from some quarters, the response to the idea of community organizing has been largely positive so far. (King et al., 2010, p. 1)