Change a Life, Change Your Own: Child Sponsorship, the Discourse of Development, and the Production of Ethical Subjects

by Peter Ove

"Change a Life, Change Your Own is a long-overdue adult discussion about how child sponsorship, a spectacularly successful fundraising tool, infantilizes both donor and recipient, turning good intentions into paternalism and reinforcing stereotypical Western ideas about helplessness and hopelessness in developing countries." - Ian Smillie, author of The Charity of Nations, Freedom from Want, and Diamonds

"Change a Life. Change Your Own."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773630148
• ISBN13: 9781773630144
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"