Volunteer Economies: The Politics and Ethics of Voluntary Labour in Africa

by Hannah Brown

Book Overview

Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility.

Across Africa today, as development activities animate novel forms of governance, new social actors are emerging, among them the volunteer. Yet, where work and resources are limited, volunteer practices have repercussions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184701139X
• ISBN13: 9781847011398
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"