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Article: 'Soft Power', Selfishness, or Altruism? Motivations and Satisfaction of US-Based International Volunteers
Title | 'Soft Power', Selfishness, or Altruism? Motivations and Satisfaction of US-Based International Volunteers |
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Authors | |
Keywords | International Volunteering and Service Development Motivations US Altruism |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | Common Ground Publishing. The Journal's web site is located at http://ijde.cgpublisher.com/ |
Citation | The International Journal of Diversity in Education, 2016, v. 16 n. 3, p. 21-34 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Postcolonial critiques of international development organizations scrutinise their role in “soft power” public diplomacy, observing as symptomatic the partly self-serving motivations and naïve beliefs about the world of many volunteers. However, international volunteers are not necessarily influenced by political agendas or selfishness; nor should they be assumed as naïvely complicit in problematic international relations strategies. This article examines the perceptions of United States-based volunteers in education and public health working with an international development organisation, exploring their motivations and senses of satisfaction with their experiences. By framing volunteers’ experiences as fundamental to the field of international volunteerism, our findings add nuance to simplistic views of volunteerism as a broad tool of soft power or as acts of selfless altruism, enabling volunteer programmes to become more holistic, grounded, and critical in conceptualizing their work. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/229587 |
ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.128 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Jackson, EJ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Adarlo, G | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-23T14:12:02Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-23T14:12:02Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The International Journal of Diversity in Education, 2016, v. 16 n. 3, p. 21-34 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2327-0020 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/229587 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Postcolonial critiques of international development organizations scrutinise their role in “soft power” public diplomacy, observing as symptomatic the partly self-serving motivations and naïve beliefs about the world of many volunteers. However, international volunteers are not necessarily influenced by political agendas or selfishness; nor should they be assumed as naïvely complicit in problematic international relations strategies. This article examines the perceptions of United States-based volunteers in education and public health working with an international development organisation, exploring their motivations and senses of satisfaction with their experiences. By framing volunteers’ experiences as fundamental to the field of international volunteerism, our findings add nuance to simplistic views of volunteerism as a broad tool of soft power or as acts of selfless altruism, enabling volunteer programmes to become more holistic, grounded, and critical in conceptualizing their work. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Common Ground Publishing. The Journal's web site is located at http://ijde.cgpublisher.com/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | The International Journal of Diversity in Education | - |
dc.subject | International Volunteering and Service | - |
dc.subject | Development | - |
dc.subject | Motivations | - |
dc.subject | US | - |
dc.subject | Altruism | - |
dc.title | 'Soft Power', Selfishness, or Altruism? Motivations and Satisfaction of US-Based International Volunteers | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Jackson, EJ: lizjackson@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Jackson, EJ=rp01633 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.18848/2327-0020/CGP/v16i03/21-34 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85053782534 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 261817 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 281123 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 16 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 21 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 34 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2327-0020 | - |