Volunteer tourism: popular humanitarianism in neoliberal times
In: New directions in tourism analysis
1. Introduction : sentimental sojourns in Northern Thailand -- 2. "making a difference one village at a time" : volunteer tourism and the Peace Corps effect -- 3. The seduction of development : NGOs and alternative tourism in Northern Thailand -- 4. Cosmopolitan empathy, new social movements and the moral economy of volunteer tourism -- 5. The cultural politics of sentimentality in volunteer tourism -- 6. Converging interests? Cross-cultural authenticity in volunteer tourism -- 7. Conclusion : re-mapping the movement : popular humanitarianism and the geopolitics of hope in volunteer tourism.