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Spas, pilgrimages and trips to famous specialists are not new. What is new is the volume of patients willing and able to travel great distances for a variety of treatments and procedures. This book explains why health-related travel is growing rapidly in a world where social welfare is a global concern

Introduction: nailing down a moving target -- What is distinctive about NGOs? -- Post-traditional civil associations -- Struggles over recognition -- Misleading analogies -- Benign parasitism -- Summary -- Why did NGOs emerge and prosper? -- A moral sea change -- Spurring the growth -- Top-down internationalization -- Passion and professionalization -- Summary -- What are NGOs actually doing? -- Abolitionism as a moral template -- Changing narratives of good and evil -- (re)writing rules for the world -- Taming and backing the sovereigns -- Summary -- Where do NGOs seek involvement? -- Shifting issue areas -- Shifting scales -- The humanitarian presence -- Futures of humanitarian action -- Summary -- How do NGOs succeed (or fail)? -- Meanings of success -- Keys to success -- Inner and outer limits -- Should we wish them success? -- Summary -- Conclusion: paradoxes of organized goodness -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index