| Amateurs Without Borders: The Aspirations and Limits of Global Compassion Contributor(s): Schnable, Allison (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520300947 ISBN-13: 9780520300941 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Ngos (non-governmental Organizations) - Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity - Political Science | Globalization |
| Dewey: 361.77 |
| LCCN: 2020026932 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.7" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 262 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Amateurs without Borders examines the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. These small aid organizations, now ten thousand strong, sidestep the world of professionalized development aid by launching projects built around personal relationships and the skills of volunteers. This book draws on fieldwork in the United States and Africa, web data, and IRS records to offer the first large-scale systematic study of these groups. Amateurs without Borders investigates the aspirations and limits of personal compassion on a global scale. |