Volunteer Tourism: Popular Humanitarianism in Neoliberal Times

In: New Directions in Tourism Analysis

Abstract

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