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History of Antwerp --- Social organizations: persons --- anno 1940-1949

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* Explores the social and cultural worlds shaping aid workers and their development practices* Shows how aid workers in the "field" negotiate a variety of often conflicting and contradictory imperatives of the development systemMuch and warranted attention is paid to the lives of aid recipients - their household lives, saving habits, gender relations, etc. It's held that a key to measuring the effectiveness of aid is contained in such details. Rarely, however, is the lens turned on the lives of aid workers themselves. Yet the seemingly impersonal network of agencies and donors that formulate and implement policy are composed of real people with complex motivations and experiences that might also provide important lessons about development's failures and successes. Hindman and Fechter break new ground by illuminating the social and cultural world of the aid agency, a world that is neglected in most discussions of aid policy. They examine how aid workers' moral beliefs interlink and conflict with their initial motivations, how they relate to aid beneficiaries, their local NGO counterparts, and other aid workers, their views on race and sexuality, the effect of transient lifestyles and insider language, and the security and family issues that come with choosing such a career. Ultimately, they arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of development processes that acknowledges a rich web of relationships at all levels of the system.

Sociology of social care --- Development aid. Development cooperation --- Social organizations: persons --- Nonprofit organizations --- Social service --- Humanitarian assistance --- International relief --- Associations sans but lucratif --- Service social --- Aide humanitaire --- Secours international --- Employees --- Case studies --- Social aspects --- Personnel --- Etudes de cas --- Aspect social --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:327.4H74 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A553 --- Grants-in-aid, International --- International grants-in-aid --- Relief, International --- Relief (Aid) --- Charities --- Economic assistance --- Public welfare --- Humanitarian aid --- Benevolent institutions --- Philanthropy --- Relief stations (for the poor) --- Social service agencies --- Social welfare --- Social work --- Human services --- Corporations, Nonprofit --- Non-profit organizations --- Non-profit sector --- Non-profits --- Nonprofit sector --- Nonprofits --- Not-for-profit organizations --- NPOs --- Organizations, Nonprofit --- Tax-exempt organizations --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Ontwikkelingshulp en -samenwerking --- Personeelsbeleid en loonbeleid, functieclassificaties --- Aid workers --- Aid workers. --- Social organizations