The death of idealism : development and anti-politics in the Peace Corps /

"Peace Corps volunteers seem to exemplify the desire to make the world a better place. Yet despite being one of history's clearest cases of organized idealism, the Peace Corps has, in practice, ended up cultivating very different outcomes among its volunteers. By the time they return from...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kallman, Meghan Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Volunteers > United States > Attitudes.
Volunteer workers in community development > United States.
Volunteer workers in social service > United States.
Idealism.
Idéalisme.
Bénévoles en développement communautaire > États-Unis.
idealism (philosophical movement)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Idealism
Volunteer workers in community development
Volunteer workers in social service
Volunteers > Attitudes
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Peace Corps and its volunteers
  • The development of development : the Peace Corps and USAID
  • Ethical and procedural professionalization among Peace Corps staff
  • Volunteers in the field
  • Home again : political, civic, and occupational consequences of volunteering
  • Conclusion.

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