A New Kind of Mission: The Volunteer Graduate Scheme and the Cultural History of International Development
| Autor: | Agnieszka Sobocinska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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History Cultural history 05 social sciences 06 humanities and the arts Public administration Christianity Colonialism Geopolitics 0506 political science 060104 history Politics Law Political science Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration 0601 history and archaeology International development computer Decolonization computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | King's College London |
| ISSN: | 0004-9522 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ajph.12268 |
| Popis: | This article contributes to the cultural history of humanitarianism and international development by tracing the origins of development volunteering programs, which are a key point of public interaction with foreign aid and international development. Australia's Voluntary Graduate Scheme was established in 1951. This article traces the program's first decade, tracing its interactions with postcolonial politics, international development policy, and colonial discourses and missionary Christianity, and situating it within the geopolitical contexts of Australian-Indonesian relations, Asian decolonisation and the Cold War. It concludes by tracing VGS's influence on subsequent programs including Britain's VSO and the United States Peace Corps, revealing the significance of the Volunteer Graduate Scheme to the history of humanitarianism and international development. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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