International Volunteer Tourism: Critical Reflections on Good Works in Central America

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction....Pages 1-5
A Brief Social History of Humanitarian Engagement....Pages 7-21
Priest in the Revolution....Pages 23-36
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Reciprocity and the Fabric of Solidarity: Central Americans, Refugees, and Delegations in the 1980s....Pages 39-51
Untellable Stories and the Limits of Solidarity in a Sister-Community Relationship....Pages 53-65
Who Is a Global Citizen? Manifestations of Theory in Practice....Pages 67-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
What We Are About to Do Is Highly Problematic: The Unpaved Road from Service Trips to Educational Delegations....Pages 81-92
From Skeptic to Convert, from (Short-Term) Service to (Long-Term) Witness: Toward Pedagogies of Witnessing on International Service Trips....Pages 93-106
The Learning of International Service-Learning: Student Reflections Several Years Out....Pages 107-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
In Search of Sustainable Community Development through Practice: A Sustainable Potable Water Project in Colinas de Suiza, Honduras....Pages 125-139
International Students and Volunteers amid Rising Violence: The Challenges in Honduras....Pages 141-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
The Pilgrimage Transformed: How to Decompartmentalize U.S. Volunteer Tourism in Central America....Pages 157-169
International Service-Learning: Fostering International Cooperation/Avoiding International Dominance....Pages 171-185
Conclusion....Pages 187-195
Back Matter....Pages 197-227