BREAKING NEWS

• Paperback edition of Neoliberalism, Development, and Aid Volunteering available since June 2014
• Co-authored article with Colleen McGloin, "'Looks good on your CV': The sociology of voluntourism recruitment in higher education" , Journal of Sociology, 26 January 2015. 
• Chapter co-authored with Charles Hawksley in Natalia Szablewska and Sascha-Dominik Bachman (Eds.), Current Issues in Transitional Justice: Towards a More Holistic Approach, Springer, 2015
• NEW: Nichole's 2011 Doctoral dissertation now online, open access via University of Wollongong Research Online
• Forthcoming: Charles Hawksley & Nichole Georgeou, Police-Building and the Responsibility to Protect: Civil society, gender and human rights culture in Oceania,  Routledge, London & New York, (not yet available; forthcoming.....)  
• NEOLIBERALISM, DEVELOPMENT, AND AID VOLUNTEERING, Routledge, (2012)  [Link to Publisher here]
• GOOGLE PREVIEW HERE 
• RECOMMEND BOOK TO LIBRARIANS HERE
• Review of Nichole's Neoliberalism, Development, and Aid Volunteering,  in Journal of Australian Political Economy, No. 71, Winter 2013. [LINK]
• Link to: Selected Works of Nichole Georgeou
• Link to: Academic site of Dr. Nichole Georgeou

ABOUT THE BOOK: 'NEOLIBERALISM, DEVELOPMENT, AND AID VOLUNTEERING'...

This work comes at an important time of global crisis and change, where the world is ravaged by natural disasters, wars and poverty. This has increased the pressure on governments and other organisations, such as volunteer sending agencies, which provide aid, and we have seen an upward trend in the number of people volunteering abroad. Within this volatile environment, neoliberal ideology on how aid should be provided and implemented has become embedded in how policy is formulated. A market-driven model of aid provision has become the norm, and governments are increasingly focused on international development volunteering as a form of 'soft diplomacy'.

This is the first qualitative empirical study of international development volunteering. The book contributes theoretical knowledge on International Volunteering Sending Agencies (IVSAs) and examines practitioner experience in development volunteering in the context of emerging policy developments. Critical analysis highlights the impact of global and social changes and provides a nuanced understanding of development volunteer motivation, and the relationship between volunteers and sending agencies. The book also puts forward an agenda and model for volunteer sending that addresses the complexities and diversity of the volunteer experience.

CONTENTS: Introduction 1. A Contested Field: Conceptualising Development Volunteering 2. Historical and Theoretical Background 3. Neoliberal Development Paradigm: Social and Political Impacts on Australian IVSAs 4. Linking Voices and Experiences to Theory: Palms Australia, Its Volunteers and Their Context 5. Motivation: Altruistic and Egoistic Desire 6. Interpretations and Expectations 7. Whose Partnership Is It? Unpacking "Mutually Equitable Partnership" 8. Networking Home 9. Conclusions and Recommendations

DETAILS:-
Hardback
ISBN: 9780415809153: 

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415809153/