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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schnable, Allison, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Origin stories
  • Who, what, where? the projects of grassroots international NGOs
  • Amateurs without borders : a role for everyday citizens in development aid
  • Provide and transform : grassroots INGOs' models of aid
  • Resources, relationships, and accountability
  • Seen it with their own eyes : grassroots INGOs' discourse
  • Networks, frames, modes of action : roles for religion
  • Conclusion : possibilities and perils of amateur aid
  • Appendix 1 : Note on methods
  • Appendix 2 : codes used in content analysis
  • Appendix 3 : grassroots international NGOs in website sample.

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