Book contents
- Saving the World?
- Global and International History
- Saving the World?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Part III Experiences
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Buying into the Humanitarian-Development Complex
from Part I - Intentions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2021
- Saving the World?
- Global and International History
- Saving the World?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Part III Experiences
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Support for development volunteering cut across the social fabric of mid-century Australia, Britain and the United States. This chapter takes an in-depth look at backers below the government level. Seeing beyond the state, it reveals the vast scope of civil society’s engagement with international development during the 1950s and 1960s. Support for the Volunteer Graduate Scheme, VSO and the Peace Corps cut across traditional social boundaries. Sponsors came from left and right, young and old; from the stalwarts of established society to progressive reformers. If development volunteering was an idea for all seasons, it was also one that appealed to many audiences.
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- Saving the World?Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex, pp. 78 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021