Death of Idealism

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.

De ce se intorc adesea voluntarii Corpului Pacii, pierdandu-si idealismul? In Moartea idealismului, Meghan Elizabeth Kallman detaliaza combinatia fortelor sociale si a presiunilor organizationale care depolitizeaza voluntarii Corpului Pacii, le canalizeaza idealismul spre profesionalizare si duce la cinism sau dezangajare.