Neoliberalism, development, and aid volunteering / / Nichole Georgeou
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| Autore: |
Georgeou Nichole
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| Titolo: |
Neoliberalism, development, and aid volunteering / / Nichole Georgeou
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 302/.14 |
| Soggetto topico: | Voluntarism |
| Volunteers - Australia - Palms | |
| Economic assistance, Australian - Government policy | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-235) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 number of people volunteering abroad. Within this volatile environment, neoliberal ideology on how aid should be provided and implemented has become embedded in how policy is formulated. A market-driven model of aid provision has become the norm, and governments are increasingly focused on inter |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Neoliberalism, development, and aid volunteering |
| ISBN: | 1-283-71109-5 |
| 0-203-10002-6 | |
| 1-136-22942-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462163203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge Studies in Development and Society