Neoliberalism, Development, and Aid Volunteering.

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This work comes at an important time of global crisis and change, where the world is ravaged by natural disasters, wars and poverty. This has increased the pressure on governments and other organisations, such as volunteer sending agencies, which provide aid, and we have seen an upward trend in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Georgeou, Nichole
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge studies in development and society.
Temas:
Voluntarism.
Volunteers > Australia > Palms.
Economic assistance, Australian > Government policy.
Aide économique australienne > Politique gouvernementale.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Success.
Economic assistance, Australian > Government policy
Voluntarism
Volunteers
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • A contested field : conceptualising development volunteering
  • Historical and theoretical background
  • Neoliberal development paradigm : social and political impacts on Australian IVSAS
  • Linking voices and experiences to theory: Palms Aaustralia, its volunteers, and their context
  • Motivation : altruistic and egoistic desire
  • Interpretations and expectations
  • Whose partnership is it? : unpacking "mutually equitable partnership"
  • Networking home
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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