Introduction : what participatory development means for Appalachian communities / Susan E. Keefe -- A new company in town : lessons on local identity and community development in the Mountain South / Elvin Hatch -- Rebuilding communities : a twelve-step recovery program / Helen Matthews Lewis -- The boundaries of participatory research : lessons learned in the Monacan Indian nation / Samuel R. Cook -- Participation versus mobilization : cultural styles of political action in an Appalachian county / Lesley Bartlett and Jefferson C. Boyer -- Playing the power game : the limits of participatory development / Melinda Bollar Wagner -- Better connecting schools with urban Appalachian communities / Kathryn M. Borman and Patricia Z. Timm -- Urban development, imagined community, and class indigeneity in the East End Community Heritage School / Rhoda H. Halperin -- SmartMoney community services : a working model for economic development in Appalachian communities / Phillip J. Obermiller and Jennifer Jervis Tighe -- Guidelines for a partnership approach to Appalachian community and heritage preservation work / Mary B. LaLone -- Community coalition building in the Madison County Health Project / Thomas Plaut, Suzanne Landis, and June Palmour Trevor.