This book, edited by Shirley White, discusses the concept of facilitation of participation from the perspective of global development discourse. It presents the experiences of facilitators from a variety of settings as they write from their field experience about attempting to enable people's participation in development. It combines their conceptual thinking with practical strategies for participatory projects.

Contents include:

• Foreword - Robert Chambers
• Participation - Shirley A. White: "Walk the Talk!"
• Part one: The Art of Activation
  1. The Catalyst Communicator - Shirley A. White and K. Sadanandan Nair: "Facilitation without Fear"
  2. Facilitator or Advocate - Ndunge Kiiti and Erik Nielsen: "What's the Difference?"
  3. Synergising Participation - Simone St. Anne: "Are You Able to Enable?"
  4. A Journey in Search of Facilitative Communication - Ricardo Ramirez
  5. Confessions of an Outside Facilitator - Peggy Koniz-Booher: "Developing Educational Materials in the Dominican Republic"
  6. Listening, Respect and Caring - Jim Lees and Sonali Ojha: "The Heart of Participatory Work with Children"
• Part two: The Art of Technique
  1. Facilitating Participatory Action Research - Ricardo Gomez: "Looking into the Future with Orlando Fals Borda"
  2. Women in Agriculture - Kathleen E. Colverson: "Participation and Access"
  3. Linking Scientist and Farmer - Meredith Fowlie: "Insights from a Nepal Experience"
  4. Participatory Use of Economic Indicators - Josh Galper
  5. Facilitating Grassroots Participation in Development - Chike Anyaegbunam, Paolo Mefalopulos, and Titus Moetsabi: "New Training Models and Techniques"
  6. The Discovery Principle - Renuka Bery: "A Participatory Approach to Training"
  7. Planning Community Radio as Participatory Development -John L. Hochheimer
  8. Facilitating Participation - Don Richardson: "Accessing Internet Services for Development"
• Part three: The Art of Building Community
  1. Opening the Door for People's Participation - Marilyn W. Hoskins
  2. Enabling Participatory Decision-Making at the Grassroots - Joseph Ascroft and Ilias Hristodoulakis
  3. Confronting Conflict through Collaborative Action - Anne Marie Johnston
  4. So What's All the Limping About? - Shirley A. White