Politics, Power and Community Development

Politics, power and community development: An introductory essay ~ Rosie Meade, Mae Shaw and Sarah Banks;


Part 1: Thinking politically;


The politics of deploying community ~ Janet Newman and John Clarke;


Changing community development roles: The challenges of a globalizing world ~ Sue Kenny;


Part 2: Practising politics;


Community organising and political agency: Changing community development subjects in India ~ Manish K. Jha;


Identity politics, community participation and the making of new places: Examples from Taiwan ~ Yi-Ling Chen;


Community development, venture philanthropy and neoliberal governmentality: A case from Ireland ~ Niamh McCrea;


A shifting paradigm: Engendering the politics of community engagement in India ~ Martha Farrell & Rajesh Tandon;


The politics of diversity in Australia: Extending the role of community practice ~ Helen Meekosha, Alison Wannan and Russell Shuttleworth;


The politics of environmental justice: Community development in Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia ~ Maria Teresa Martinez and Eurig Scandrett;


Part 3: Politicising the future;


The politics of democracy and the global institutions: Lessons and challenges for community development ~ Niamh Gaynor;


Disability arts: The building of critical community politics and identity ~ Colin Cameron;


Service delivery protests in South Africa: A case for community development? ~ Lucius Botes;


Community development and commons: On the road to alternative economics? ~ Brigitte Krazwald.