Amateurs without borders : the aspirations and limits of global compassion /

"Amateurs without Borders examines the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. These small aid organizations, now ten thousand strong, sidestep the world of professionalized development aid. Instead, NGO...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schnable, Allison, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Temas:
1900-2099
Non-governmental organizations > History > 20th century.
Non-governmental organizations > History > 21st century.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Histoire > 21e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
Non-governmental organizations
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Amateurs without Borders examines the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. These small aid organizations, now ten thousand strong, sidestep the world of professionalized development aid. Instead, NGOs launch projects built around personal relationships and the skills of volunteers. This book draws on fieldwork in the United States and Africa, web data, and IRS records to offer the first large-scale systematic study of these groups. Amateurs without Borders shows the aspirations and limits of personal compassion on a global scale"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) ; map.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520972124
0520972120

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