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

Katelyn Kerrigan

ISBN 10: 3639717813 / ISBN 13: 9783639717815

Published by Scholars' Press, 2014

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Exploring Perceived Effects of International Volunteering and Service | Host Community Perspectives from a Highlands Village in Viti Levu, Fiji | Katelyn Kerrigan | Taschenbuch | 80 S. | Englisch | 2014 | Scholars' Press | EAN 9783639717815 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Exploring Perceived Effects of International Volunteering and Service | Host Community Perspectives from a Highlands Village in Viti Levu, Fiji
• Publisher: Scholars' Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639717813
• ISBN 13: 9783639717815
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 6D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 137 grams
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Synopsis

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.