Ethics, Equity and Community Development

Sarah Banks is Co-Director for the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action and a Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University. Peter Westoby is a Senior Lecturer in Community Development at the University of Queensland and a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Development Support at the University of Free State, South Africa.

• Part 1: The ethico-political contextChapter 1: Ethics, equity and community development: Mapping the terrain; Sarah Banks Chapter 2: Community development in an unequal world: Challenging neo-liberal values; Keith PopplePart 2: Everyday ethics in community development practiceChapter 3: Negotiating roles and boundaries: Ethical challenges in community development work; Lynda Shevellar and Neil Barringham Chapter 4: Negotiating consent in neighbourhood-based community development work; Jeroen Gradener & Mike de KreekChapter 5: Whose ethics count? Ethical issues in community development and action research with communities facing stigmatisation; Pradeep Narayanan and Sowmyaa BharadwajChapter 6: Koorliny birniny, ni, quoppa katatjin: Respect and ethics in working with Indigenous Australian communities; Jennie Buchanan, Len Collard and Dave PalmerChapter 7: Corporate social responsibility and community development in a mining region in India: Issues of power, control and co-option; Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö and Bipin Jojo Part 3: Envisioning an ethical space for community development Chapter 8: Relational ethics and transformative community organising in the neoliberal U.S. context; Loretta PylesChapter 9: A Community Economies perspective for ethical community development; Gradon Diprose and Ann HillChapter 10: Concluding reflections: Philosophical perspectives on community and community development; Peter Westoby

“This book gave me a lot to think about and provided important new perspectives. Community development can sometimes take its values for granted; this certainly challenges that way of thinking. I thoroughly recommend it.” Marilyn Taylor, Birkbeck College, University of London