Second, it reasserts the centrality of political activity as the basis of a more radical form of community development. In community organizing, power becomes the basis of the ‘we/they’ distinction, as conceived by Mouffe,whereby the poor build an analysis of their collective plight and situation through the conceptual lens of power. This moves beyond individualized,
problematized and romanticized narratives of poor communities and recognizes the importance of engaging others in solidarity who understand that the root of radical action for justice and democracy lies in the tension between the world as it is and the world as it should be (Chambers, 2003).