Abstract
The purpose of this first part is to provide an overview of the Community Development Employment Project (CDEP) scheme and the role it plays in the Indigenous welfare economy.
The section consists of six papers presented at a conference, each with a certain view on the issue at hand: welfare and social justice; racial discrimination; implications of a changing social security policy; community development in the context of welfare dependence; political dimensions of community development, and the reshaping after 20 years of the CDEP scheme.