Through a wide range of cross-disciplinary and international perspectives, this book examines the place of ethics and ethical practice in community development work within varied political, ecological and economic contexts across the globe. Contributors examine issues surrounding community development as a profession, roles and boundaries, consent and everyday ethics in order to consider the multiple challenges of negotiating the tensions between ethics and politics in an unequal world.

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 context
Chapter 1: Ethics, equity and community development: Mapping the terrain; Sarah Banks
Chapter 2: Community development in an unequal world: Challenging neo-liberal values; Keith Popple
Part 2: Everyday ethics in community development practice
Chapter 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 Kreek
Chapter 5: Whose ethics count? Ethical issues in community development and action research with communities facing stigmatisation; Pradeep Narayanan and Sowmyaa Bharadwaj
Chapter 6: Koorliny birniny, ni, quoppa katatjin: Respect and ethics in working with Indigenous Australian communities; Jennie Buchanan, Len Collard and Dave Palmer
Chapter 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 Pyles
Chapter 9: A Community Economies perspective for ethical community development; Gradon Diprose and Ann Hill
Chapter 10: Concluding reflections: Philosophical perspectives on community and community development; Peter Westoby