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Is the clichéd ‘gap yah kid’ a manifestation of Western postcolonial cultural condescension, of middle-class guilt or of students’ genuine interest in broadening their horizons?
Alice Xu investigates the implications of the politically motivated standardisation of language and attempts at censorship of the internet in China
The opposition to the Serbian Gay Pride March reflects the difficulties involved in rebuilding the war-torn country and integrating it into the European political arena, Sarah Inman argues
In Ghana, the human impact of international development institutions’ investment programs still plays an alarmingly small role, Thomas Granofsky argues
Those who leave the Global South tend to bolster the welfare of those who stay, Mark Longhurst argues
Mexico’s flagship social program could work if indigenous people had a real say in how the program was applied in their communities, José Carlos Gutierrez argues
The current generation crystallises the death of the package holiday tourist and the birth of the postmodern ‘traveller’. Holly Young questions the ethical, economic and educational value of poverty tourism
Cailin Crockett investigates the changing face of student volunteer tourism from yuppie gap year to student-led development.
Mark Longhurst speaks with Hugh Evans, co- founder and CEO of The Global Poverty Project, about future trends in development and volunteer tourism
Louise Harney struggles to come to terms with the contrasts between party tourists and the subsistence living of the locals on Thailand’s coastal resorts
