Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
December 2008
Journal/Publication Title
International History Review
Abstract
American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2008-66Abstract:This brief review (1100 words) examines Stephen Hopgood's half journalism-half anthropological journey inside the world of Amnesty International. The book is an outstanding piece of both reportage and analysis, and the review discusses the various pressures, political and ideological and social, on AI and those that work in its International Secretariat. As the review notes, AI is more like a religious order than anything else, and that observation has ramifications for the NGO world beyond AI.
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Kenneth, "Book Review: Stephen Hopgood, 'Keepers of the Flame: Understanding Amnesty International'" (2008). Book Reviews. 29.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_bkrev/29