Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-vi

List of figures

pp vii-vii

Author biographies

pp viii-xiv

List of abbreviations

pp xv-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-22

Section One - Community development with ethnic minorities: history, theory, policy

pp 23-24

One - BME community engagement in the UK and public policy: a brief retrospective

pp 25-40

Two - Critical youth and community work and its struggle with white standards

pp 41-60

Section Two - Building capacity with BME groups

pp 65-80

Three - Capacity building with BME groups

pp 61-64

Four - Learning alliance approaches to working with BME communities on healthcare innovation: a case study in palliative and end-of-life care services

pp 81-96

Five - sampad: working with arts and culture

pp 97-108

six - Community development with Chinese mental health service users in the UK

pp 109-122

Seven - Construindo comunidades: community building with Portuguese migrant workers on the east coast of England

pp 123-136

Eight - Participatory action research with refugee and asylum-seeking women

pp 137-154

Section Three - Working with Roma communities

pp 155-158

Nine - Cultural identity, migration and community development in Glasgow

pp 159-170

Ten - Gypsy, Roma and Traveller women: how community work can both challenge and contribute to gender inequalities

pp 171-184

Eleven - Romani activism and community development: are mediators the way forward?

pp 185-198

Section Four - Global experience

pp 199-202

Twelve - Youth participation among ethnic minorities in Romania

pp 203-214

Thirteen - Benarrawa Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Solidarity Group: working to reduce the deleterious effects of racism through structural community development

pp 215-230

Fourteen - Building strengths in asylum-seeker communities in Australia

pp 231-244

Fifteen - The balancing act: community agency leadership in multi-ethnic/multiracial communities

pp 245-256

Sixteen - Using arts and culture for community development in the United States

pp 257-276

Seventeen - Working with female migrant workers in Hong Kong

pp 277-290

Section Five - Working across cultural boundaries: ideological and personal reflections

pp 291-292

Eighteen - Developing communities: do minority groups need development?

pp 293-310