Volunteer tourism : popular humanitarianism in neoliberal times / Mary Mostafanezhad
Material type: TextPublication details: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2014Description: 169 pISBN: 9781409469537; 9781409469544 (ebook)Subject(s): Volunteer Tourism | Humanitarianism | NeoliberalismDDC classification: 910Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 910 MOS/V (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P42264 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: Sentimental Sojourns in Northern Thailand -- 2. "Making a Difference One Village at a Time": Volunteer Tourism and the Peace Corps Effect -- 3. The Seduction of Development: NGOs and Alternative Tourism in Northern Thailand -- 4. Cosmopolitan Empathy, New Social Movements and the Moral Economy of Volunteer Tourism -- 5. The Cultural Politics of Sentimentality in Volunteer Tourism -- 6. Converging Interests? Cross-Cultural Authenticity in Volunteer Tourism -- 7. Conclusion -- Re-mapping the Movement: Popular Humanitarianism and the Geopolitics of Hope in Volunteer Tourism.
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