Aid Power and Politics

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-34125-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Rethinking Development

Aid Power and Politics delves into the political roots of aid policy, demonstrating how and why governments across the world use aid for global influence, and exploring the role it plays in present-day global governance and international relations.

In reconsidering aid as part of international relations, the book argues that the interplay between domestic and international development policy works in both directions, with individual countries having the capacity to shape global issues, whilst at the same time, global agreements and trends, in turn, shape the political behaviour of individual countries. Starting with the background of aid policy and international relations, the book goes on to explore the behaviour of both traditional and emerging donors (the US, the UK, the Nordic countries, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Brazil, and the European Union), and then finally looks at some big international agendas which have influenced donors, from the liberal consensus on democracy and good governance, to gender equality and global health.

Aid Power and Politics will be an important read for international development students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers, and for anyone who has ever wondered why it is that countries spend so much money on the well-being of non-citizens outside their borders.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olivié, Iliana

Pérez, Aitor

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1. Aid in the Framework of International Relations Theories 1. The Politics of Aid from the Perspective of International Relations Theories 2. Foreign Aid’s Motivations: Theoretical Arguments and Empirical Evidence Part 2. The politics of donors’ aid policies, a country-based approach 3. The U.S. Elite Consensus on Aid 4. The UK: An Aid Superpower at a Crossroads 5. The Scandinavians: Aid Policy Determinants and Performances 6. Japanese Development Assistance: Economic and Political Win-Win Proposals 7. Spain: The Rise and Fall of a Compliant Donor 8. While the Cat’s Away, Will the Mice Play? Government-NGO Relations and the Politics of Aid in Hungary 9. Brazilian Cooperation Policy: Promotion of Development and Global Projection 10. Solidarity and Security in the EU Discourse on Aid Part 3. Thematic agendas 11. Donorship in a State of Flux 12. The International Politics of Aid: ‘Good Governance’ and Democracy Promotion 13. Gender Inequality, Aid Agencies, and Global Norms 14. Old and New Powers in Development Assistance in Health 15. ‘We First’ and the Anti-Foreign Aid Narratives of Populist Radical-Right Parties in Europe

Über Autor(innen)

Iliana Olivié is Senior Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute, Spain, where she works on global development issues and coordinates the Elcano Global Presence Index. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Applied & Structural Economics & History, Complutense University of Madrid.

Aitor Pérez, economist and political scientist, works as consultant for UN agencies and international NGOs, conducting policy research and evaluation of aid-funded programmes in developing countries. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute.