Neoliberalism, Development, and Aid Volunteering

ISBN-13: 9780415809153 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 260 str.

Nichole Georgeou

Opis

This book, based in ethnographic case studies, explores the ways in which volunteers operate in a complex development context marked by global economic crisis, natural disasters, war, and poverty. It contributes to on-going debates concerning the role of civil society organisations in development.

Recenzje

"Neoliberalism, Development, and Aid Volunteering is an enormously complex text, an interdisciplinary blend of history, politics, sociology, social anthropology, and ethnography. At times the author reaches back to the 18th century to understand the philosophical, economic and political roots of the contemporary/current situation she explores. Georgeou lays out her case and develops her account with nuanced scholarship. That said, she avoids the coded and cold impenetrability of much academic writing, and her work is at once scholarly, personal, and accessible to non-specialists."–Rowan J. Cahill, University of Wollongong

Spis treści

Introduction  1. A Contested Field: Conceptualising Development Volunteering  2. Historical and Theoretical Background  3. Neoliberal Development Paradigm: Social and Political Impacts on Australian IVSAs  4. Linking Voices and Experiences to Theory: Palms Australia, Its Volunteers and Their Context  5. Motivation: Altruistic and Egoistic Desire  6. Interpretations and Expectations  7. Whose Partnership Is It? Unpacking "Mutually Equitable Partnership"  8. Networking Home  9. Conclusions and Recommendations

O autorze

Nichole Georgeou is based at the University of Wollongong.