Amateurs without borders : the aspirations and limits of global compassion / Allison Schnable.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schnable, Allison, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-governmental organizations--History.

Non-governmental organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

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

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520972124

0520972120

OCLC:

1248759502