Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development : Killing Me Softly?

Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development Killing Me Softly?

This book is open access under a CC BY license. This book explores the impact that professional volunteers have on the low resource countries they choose to spend time in. Whilst individual volunteering may be of immediate benefit to individual patients, this intervention may have detrimental effect...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ackers, Helen Louise. author (author), Ackers-Johnson, James. author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke Springer Nature 2017
New York : 2017.
Edición:1st ed. 2017.
Materias:
Comparative politics.
Africa—Politics and government.
Economic development.
Social change.
Great Britain—Politics and government.
International organization.
Comparative Politics.
African Politics.
Development Theory.
Development and Social Change.
British Politics.
International Organization.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Mobile Professional Voluntarism and International Development 'Aid'
  • 2. 'First Do No Harm': Professional Volunteers as Knowledge Intermediaries
  • 3. Fetishizing and Commodifying 'Training'?
  • 4. Can (Imported) Knowledge Change Systems? Understanding the Dynamics of Behaviour Change
  • 5. Iterative Learning: 'Knowledge for Change'?.

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