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Category : Technical assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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The Peace Corps in Yemen
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Category : Technical assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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The Death of Idealism
Author: Meghan Elizabeth Kallman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023154846X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Peace Corps volunteers seem to exemplify the desire to make the world a better place. Yet despite being one of history’s clearest cases of organized idealism, the Peace Corps has, in practice, ended up cultivating very different outcomes among its volunteers. By the time they return from the Peace Corps, volunteers exhibit surprising shifts in their political and professional consciousness. Rather than developing a systemic perspective on development and poverty, they tend instead to focus on individual behavior; they see professions as the only legitimate source of political and social power. They have lost their idealism, and their convictions and beliefs have been reshaped along the way. The Death of Idealism uses the case of the Peace Corps to explain why and how participation in a bureaucratic organization changes people’s ideals and politics. Meghan Elizabeth Kallman offers an innovative institutional analysis of the role of idealism in development organizations. She details the combination of social forces and organizational pressures that depoliticizes Peace Corps volunteers, channels their idealism toward professionalization, and leads to cynicism or disengagement. Kallman sheds light on the structural reasons for the persistent failure of development organizations and the consequences for the people involved. Based on interviews with over 140 current and returned Peace Corps volunteers, field observations, and a large-scale survey, this deeply researched, theoretically rigorous book offers a novel perspective on how people lose their idealism, and why that matters.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023154846X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Peace Corps volunteers seem to exemplify the desire to make the world a better place. Yet despite being one of history’s clearest cases of organized idealism, the Peace Corps has, in practice, ended up cultivating very different outcomes among its volunteers. By the time they return from the Peace Corps, volunteers exhibit surprising shifts in their political and professional consciousness. Rather than developing a systemic perspective on development and poverty, they tend instead to focus on individual behavior; they see professions as the only legitimate source of political and social power. They have lost their idealism, and their convictions and beliefs have been reshaped along the way. The Death of Idealism uses the case of the Peace Corps to explain why and how participation in a bureaucratic organization changes people’s ideals and politics. Meghan Elizabeth Kallman offers an innovative institutional analysis of the role of idealism in development organizations. She details the combination of social forces and organizational pressures that depoliticizes Peace Corps volunteers, channels their idealism toward professionalization, and leads to cynicism or disengagement. Kallman sheds light on the structural reasons for the persistent failure of development organizations and the consequences for the people involved. Based on interviews with over 140 current and returned Peace Corps volunteers, field observations, and a large-scale survey, this deeply researched, theoretically rigorous book offers a novel perspective on how people lose their idealism, and why that matters.
The Role of the Peace Corps in Education in Developing Countries
Author: Roger L. Landrum
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Peace Corps Times
Author: Peace Corps (U.S.)
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Category : Peace Corps (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Category : Peace Corps (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Peace Corps Times
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Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Amending Further the Peace Corps Act, Hearing Before the ... 92-1, on H.R. 9166, July 27, 1971
Author: United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Amending Further the Peace Corps Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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CONFLICTS IN YEMEN AND U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY.
Author: W. Andrew Terrill
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Pages : 0
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Peace Corps Water/sanitation Case Studies and Analyses
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Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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