%0 Journal Article %1 McGehee2005/7 %A McGehee, Nancy Gard %A Santos, Carla Almeida %D 2005/7 %J Annals of Tourism Research %K consciousness-raising; mobilization; movement networksreseaux resource social theory; tourism; volunteer %N 3 %P 760-779 %T Social change, discourse and volunteer tourism %V 32 %X Theories of social movements were used to explore possible changes in networks and consciousness-raising among participants in volunteer tourism. Focus group research targeted three US based organizations: Mobility International, WorldPULSE, and The American Jewish World Service. Findings indicate that participation in volunteer tourism had a positive effect on both intended post-trip social movement activities and support for activism. Implications are discussed in the context of the need for coordinating organizations to provide opportunities for the establishment of network ties and/or consciousness-raising experiences both during and after the volunteer tourism experience.

@article{McGehee2005/7, abstract = {Theories of social movements were used to explore possible changes in networks and consciousness-raising among participants in volunteer tourism. Focus group research targeted three US based organizations: Mobility International, WorldPULSE, and The American Jewish World Service. Findings indicate that participation in volunteer tourism had a positive effect on both intended post-trip social movement activities and support for activism. Implications are discussed in the context of the need for coordinating organizations to provide opportunities for the establishment of network ties and/or consciousness-raising experiences both during and after the volunteer tourism experience.}, added-at = {2008-08-31T18:03:07.000+0200}, author = {McGehee, Nancy Gard and Santos, Carla Almeida}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2cf13c599cbd51e25d527191959f5432c/jomiralb}, description = {Old biblio}, interhash = {231747fd4d8cedd8446d873122530c40}, intrahash = {cf13c599cbd51e25d527191959f5432c}, journal = {Annals of Tourism Research}, keywords = {consciousness-raising; mobilization; movement networksreseaux resource social theory; tourism; volunteer}, number = 3, owner = {oriol}, pages = {760-779}, timestamp = {2008-08-31T18:03:18.000+0200}, title = {Social change, discourse and volunteer tourism}, volume = 32, year = {2005/7} }