The Death Of Idealism: Development And Anti-Politics In The Peace Corps

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.

• | By (Author): Meghan Elizabeth Kallman
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 21, 2020
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0231189699
• | ISBN-13: 9780231189699