Saving the World? - Western Volunteers Rise of Humanitarian Development Complex

An innovative history of how volunteers helped build a global consensus that Western development intervention across the Global South was desirable, even as critics in aid-recipient nations suggested it was a form of neocolonialism. It will benefit scholars and students of history, development studies and international relations.

Table des matières

Introduction: Western volunteers and the rise of the humanitarian-development complex; 1. An idea for all seasons; 2. Conquering the globe; 3. Buying into the humanitarian-development complex; 4. Sentimental radicals and adventurers; 5. The publicity machine; 6. The view from the other side; 7. A little colony; 8. The intimacy of the humanitarian-development complex; 9. Resistance; 10. To hell with good intentions.

A propos de l'auteur

Agnieszka Sobocinska is Senior Lecturer in the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies at Monash University, Australia.

Résumé

An innovative history of how volunteers helped build a global consensus that Western development intervention across the Global South was desirable, even as critics in aid-recipient nations suggested it was a form of neocolonialism. It will benefit scholars and students of history, development studies and international relations.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Agnieszka Sobocinska, Agnieszka (Monash University Sobocinska, Sobocinska Agnieszka
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108746885
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74688-5
• Pages: 328
• Thème: Global and International History
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; General & world history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Australasian & Pacific history, General and world history, History of the Americas, International humanitarian law, Australasian and Pacific history, Public international law: humanitarian law