Bibliograph

Amateurs without borders, the aspirations and limits of global compassion, Allison Schnable

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Label

Amateurs without borders, the aspirations and limits of global compassion, Allison Schnable

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Amateurs without borders

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1163933242

Responsibility statement

Allison Schnable

Sub title

the aspirations and limits of global compassion

Summary

"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. Instead, NGOs launch 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 shows the aspirations and limits of personal compassion on a global scale"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Origin stories -- Who, what, where? the projects of grassroots international NGOs -- Amateurs without borders : a role for everyday citizens in development aid -- Provide and transform : grassroots INGOs' models of aid -- Resources, relationships, and accountability -- Seen it with their own eyes : grassroots INGOs' discourse -- Networks, frames, modes of action : roles for religion -- Conclusion : possibilities and perils of amateur aid -- Note on methods -- Appendix 1 : codes used in content analysis -- Appendix 2 : grassroots international NGOs in website sample

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