Volunteer Tourism in the Global South : Giving Back in Neoliberal Times

Volunteer Tourism in the Global South : Giving Back in Neoliberal Times.

Author/creator	Vrasti, Wanda
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Description	1 online resource (177 pages).
Supplemental Content	EBSCOhost
Subject(s)	Volunteer tourism--Developing countries. Volunteer tourism--Economic aspects --Developing countries. Volunteer tourism--Social aspects --Developing countries. Volunteer tourism--Government policy --Developing countries. Political science--General. Political science--International Relations --General. Political science--Political Process --Political Parties. Volunteer tourism--Developing countries. Volunteer tourism--Economic aspects --Developing countries. Volunteer tourism--Government policy --Developing countries. Volunteer tourism--Social aspects --Developing countries.

Series	Interventions Interventions. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents	Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The self as enterprise; 3 Multicultural sensibilities in Guatemala; 4 Entrepreneurial education in Ghana; 5 Conclusion: international political life; Bibliography; Index.
Abstract	This work explores the increasingly popular phenomenon of volunteer tourism in the Global South, paying particular attention to the governmental rationalities and socio-economic conditions that valorise it as a noble and necessary cultural practice.Combining theoretical research with primary data gathered during volunteering programs in Guatemala and Ghana, the author argues that although volunteer tourism may not trigger social change, provide meaningful encounters with difference, or offer professional expertise, as the brochure discourse and the scholarly literature on tourism and hospitali.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description	Print version record.
Issued in other form	Print version: Vrasti, Wanda. Volunteer Tourism in the Global South : Giving Back in Neoliberal Times. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2012 9780415694025
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9781136249884
ISBN	1136249885

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