Exploring Perceived Effects of International Volunteering and Service: Host Community Perspectives from a Highlands Village in Viti Levu, Fiji - Softcover

Kerrigan, Katelyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639717813 ISBN 13: 9783639717815

Verlag: VDM Verlag, 2014

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Presently, we are witnessing an unprecedented expansion of Western youth participating in short-term (1 to 2 week) international volunteering and service (IVS) programs in developing countries located predominantly in the Global South. Current academic literature around the impacts IVS has on receiving host communities in developing countries is highly controversial. This study utilizes ethnographic research, involving a combination of participant observation and semi-structured interviews, to gain the perspectives of the Fijian Highland villagers from the IVS host community, on the positive and negative effects of hosting American aged 14-18 year olds participating in short-term (one-week) international volunteering and immersion service programs in their village since 1996.

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Katelyn Kerrigan was raised in California. She received a Bachelor's in Social Science from California Polytechnic University and a Master's of International Studies from University of San Francisco. She has spent substantial time working in developing countries but is currently in Boston working for United Way as Manager of Volunteer Engagement.

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• Verlag: VDM Verlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3639717813
• ISBN 13: 9783639717815
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
• Herausgeber: Swenson Connie
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