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.
By:
Allison Schnable
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520300941
ISBN 10: 0520300947
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 02 February 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Origin Stories 2 Who, What, Where? The Projects of Grassroots International NGOs 3 Amateurs without Borders: A Role for Everyday Citizens in Development Aid 4 Provide and Transform: Grassroots INGOs' Models of Aid 5 Resources, Relationships, and Accountability 6 Seen It with Their Own Eyes: Grassroots INGOs' Discourse 7 Networks, Frames, Modes of Action: Roles for Religion Conclusion: Possibilities and Perils of Amateur Aid Appendix 1: Note on Methods Appendix 2: Codes Used in Content Analysis Appendix 3: Grassroots International NGOs in Website Sample Notes Bibliography Index
Allison Schnable is Assistant Professor in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
Reviews for Amateurs without Borders: The Aspirations and Limits of Global Compassion
Amateurs Without Borders is an engaging and lively read. It is apt to be particularly useful for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are exploring development and constitutes an important addition to sociology's collective understanding about the contours of the field. * Social Forces *
