Volunteer Tourism: Popular Humanitarianism in Neoliberal Times
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Abstract
Contents: Introduction: sentimental sojourns in northern Thailand 'Making a difference one village at a time': volunteer tourism and the Peace Corps effect The seduction of development: NGOs and alternative tourism in northern Thailand Cosmopolitan empathy, new social movements and the moral economy of volunteer tourism The cultural politics of sentimentality in volunteer tourism Converging interests? Cross-cultural authenticity in volunteer tourism Conclusion - re-mapping the movement: popular humanitarianism and the geopolitics of hope in volunteer tourism Bibliography Index.