Description: Volunteer Economies : The Politics & Ethics of Voluntary Labour in Africa, Paperback by Prince, Ruth (EDT); Brown, Hannah (EDT), ISBN 184701139X, ISBN-13 9781847011398, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Across Africa today, as development activities animate novel forms of governance, new social actors are emerging, among them the volunteer. Yet, where work and resources are limited, volunteer practices have repercussions that raise contentious ethical issues. What has been the real impact of volunteers economically, politically and in society? The interdisciplinary experts in this collection examine the practices of volunteers - both international and local - and ideologies of volunteerism. They show the significance of volunteerism to processes of social and economic transformation, and political projects of national development and citizenship, as well as to individual aspirations in African societies. These case studies - from South Africa, Lesotho, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Sierra Leone and Malawi - examine everyday experiences of volunteerism and trajectories of voluntary work, trace its broader historical, political and economic implications, and situate African experiences of voluntary labour within global exchanges and networks of resources, ideas and political technologies. Offering insights into changing configurations of work, citizenship, development and social mobility, the authors offer new perspectives on the relations between labour, identity and social value in Africa. Ruth Prince is Associate Professor in Medical Anthropology at the University of Oslo; with her co-author Wenzel Geissler, she won the 2010 Amaury Talbot Prize for their book The Land is Dying: Contingency, Creativity and Conflict in Western Kenya. Hannah Brown is a lecturer in Anthropology at Durham University.
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Book Title: Volunteer Economies : The Politics & Ethics of Voluntary Labour i
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Volunteer Economies : The\Politics and Ethics of Voluntary Labour in Africa
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Subject: Political Economy, Developing & Emerging Countries, Economic Conditions, Volunteer Work
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 12.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Ann H. Kelly
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: African Issues Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
