The Death of Idealism: Development and Anti-Politics in the Peace Corps

The Death of Idealism: Development and Anti-Politics in the Peace Corps

Columbia University Press
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Author/Contributor(s): Kallman, Meghan Elizabeth
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date: 04/21/2020
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
Why do Peace Corps volunteers often return having lost their idealism? In The Death of Idealism, Meghan Elizabeth Kallman details the combination of social forces and organizational pressures that depoliticizes Peace Corps volunteers, channels their idealism toward professionalization, and leads to cynicism or disengagement.