The Impact of Neoliberalism and New Managerialism on Development Volunteering: An Australian Case Study

Authors

Nichole C. Georgeou, University of WollongongFollow
Susan N. Engel, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

37549

Publication Details

Georgeou, N. & Engel, S., 2011, 'The Impact of Neoliberalism and New Managerialism on Development Volunteering: An Australian Case Study', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 297-311.

Abstract

Within the large volume of research on aid and development there had been limited study of international development volunteering generally and the ways in which it has been affected by neoliberalism. Development volunteering has undergone a resurgence over the past decade and some new forms of volunteering have emerged but state-sponsored development programs are still a key form. There programs were relatively immune from neoliberal ideas and managerial practices weer operationalised in Australia's volunteering program at the same time as it, and other donor states, softened this focus in the rest of their aid program. These shifts in Australia's development volunteering programs have changed the logic, forms and outcomes of development volunteering.