Volunteer Tourism : Popular Humanitarianism in Neoliberal Times (Paperback)

Chapter 1 Introduction: Sentimental Sojourns in Northern Thailand; Chapter 2 “Making a Difference One Village at a Time”: Volunteer Tourism and the Peace Corps Effect; Chapter 3 The Seduction of Development: NGOs and Alternative Tourism in Northern Thailand; Chapter 4 Cosmopolitan Empathy, New Social Movements and the Moral Economy of Volunteer Tourism; Chapter 5 The Cultural Politics of Sentimentality in Volunteer Tourism; Chapter 6 Converging Interests? Cross-Cultural Authenticity in Volunteer Tourism; Chapter 7 Conclusion?Re-mapping the Movement: Popular Humanitarianism and the Geopolitics of Hope in Volunteer Tourism;