Title Saving the world? : western volunteers and the rise of the humanitarian-development complex / Agnieszka Sobocinska

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : illustrations Series Global and international history Global and international history. Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex -- Part I Intentions -- 1 An Idea for All Seasons -- 2 Conquering the Globe -- 3 Buying into the Humanitarian-Development Complex -- 4 Sentimental Radicals and Adventurers -- Part II Images -- 5 The Publicity Machine -- 6 The View from the Other Side -- Part III Experiences -- 7 A Little Colony -- 8 The Intimacy of the Humanitarian-Development Complex -- 9 Resistance -- 10 To Hell with Good Intentions -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Innovative history of how volunteers helped build a global consensus that Western development intervention across the Global South was desirable Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 23, 2021) Subject Humanitarian assistance -- Developing countries -- History Economic assistance -- History Voluntarism -- Developing countries -- History Imperialism. Economic assistance Humanitarian assistance Imperialism International economic relations Voluntarism SUBJECT Western countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Developing countries Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Western countries Subject Developing countries Western countries Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108784320 1108784321 1108805701 9781108805704

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