The domestic politics of foreign aid
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The domestic politics of foreign aid
（Routledge explorations in development studies, 1）
Routledge, 2013
- : hbk
Available at 4 libraries
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
: hbkC||330.3||D2218240234
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-243) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In spite of shared rhetorical commitments to tackling poverty worldwide, donors have varied considerably in their use of aid as an instrument for global poverty reduction. This book explains varied donor priorities by examining how societal actors, governmental actors, and the institutions that regulate their interactions influence development policy choices.
The Domestic Politics of Foreign Aid challenges explanations for donor generosity that identify humanitarian values, partisan politics, and welfare state institutions as key determinants of aid-giving patterns. It explains how the preferences of diverse sets of actors are amalgamated in the domestic political arena to shape national preferences for international redistribution. Drawing on interview research conducted with a variety of stakeholders in four donor countries (Denmark, France, Switzerland and the United States) and an extensive review of primary and secondary sources on aid politics in the countries studied, the book offers both a static overview of the characteristics of aid policymaking systems and a historical treatment of policymaking dynamics over a 25-year period (1980-2005).
Applying a common theoretical framework to the four case studies and using development NGO advocacy as a starting point for examining the politics of aid, this book provides a synthesis of several strands of theoretical work dealing with interest group politics and political institutions to inform the analysis of the societal and governmental determinants of aid choices.
Table of Contents
1. Development Aid as a Policy Instrument 2. Aid and Domestic Politics 3. Consensus and Aid Generosity in Denmark 4. The Cautious Humanitarian: Aid Politics in Switzerland 5. The Long Shadow of the Past: Aid Politics in France 6. Fragmentation and Micromanagement: US Aid Politics 7. Concluding Considerations for Development Advocates
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