LEADER 04172nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910789969003321 005 20230126205007.0 010 $a1-56549-388-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000160222 035 $a(EBL)3328933 035 $a(OCoLC)929119866 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3328933 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC911923 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3328933 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10545785 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL911923 035 $a(OCoLC)780532252 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000160222 100 $a20101007d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aInside the everyday lives of development workers$b[electronic resource] $ethe challenges and futures of Aidland /$fedited by Anne-Meike Fechter and Heather Hindman 210 $aSterling, Va. $cKumarian Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56549-324-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 False Binaries: Altruism and Selfishness in NGO Work -- 3 Maintaining Independence: The Moral Ambiguities of Personal Relations Among Ghanaian Development Workers -- 4 Intercultural Encounters, Colonial Continuities and Contemporary Disconnects in Rural Aid: An Ethnography of Development Practitioners in Madagascar -- 5 Orienting Guesthood in the Mennonite Central Committee, Indonesia -- 6 Everywhere and Everthrough: Rethinking Aidland -- 7 Anybody at Home? The Inhabitants of Aidland -- 8 Dealing With Danger: Risk and Security in the Everyday Lives of Aid Workers -- 9 The Hollowing Out of Aidland: Subcontracting and the New Development Family in Nepal -- 10 Epilogue: Who Is International Aid? Some Personal Observations -- Contributors -- Index. 330 $a* Explores the social and cultural worlds shaping aid workers and their development practices* Shows how aid workers in the "field" negotiate a variety of often conflicting and contradictory imperatives of the development systemMuch and warranted attention is paid to the lives of aid recipients - their household lives, saving habits, gender relations, etc. It's held that a key to measuring the effectiveness of aid is contained in such details. Rarely, however, is the lens turned on the lives of aid workers themselves. Yet the seemingly impersonal network of agencies and donors that formulate and implement policy are composed of real people with complex motivations and experiences that might also provide important lessons about development's failures and successes. Hindman and Fechter break new ground by illuminating the social and cultural world of the aid agency, a world that is neglected in most discussions of aid policy. They examine how aid workers' moral beliefs interlink and conflict with their initial motivations, how they relate to aid beneficiaries, their local NGO counterparts, and other aid workers, their views on race and sexuality, the effect of transient lifestyles and insider language, and the security and family issues that come with choosing such a career. Ultimately, they arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of development processes that acknowledges a rich web of relationships at all levels of the system. 606 $aNonprofit organizations$xEmployees$vCase studies 606 $aSocial service$vCase studies 606 $aHumanitarian assistance$xSocial aspects$vCase studies 606 $aInternational relief$xSocial aspects$vCase studies 610 $aAid workers 615 0$aNonprofit organizations$xEmployees 615 0$aSocial service 615 0$aHumanitarian assistance$xSocial aspects 615 0$aInternational relief$xSocial aspects 676 $a331.7/6133891 701 $aFechter$b Anne-Meike$01566176 701 $aHindman$b Heather$01561886 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789969003321 996 $aInside the everyday lives of development workers$93836553 997 $aUNINA