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Ideas, Interests and Foreign Aid.
Shows how different countries' foreign aid programs are profoundly shaped by their visions of the purpose of aid.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in international relations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 The many uses of foreign aid; Development assistance past and present; The goals of foreign aid; Frames and foreign aid policy: the model; Frames and foreign aid policy: the evidence; Conclusion; 2 One policy, multiple goals: framing and foreign aid; International relations theory: constraints, preferences, ideas; Frames and discourse in policy-making; Measuring frames; Origins and evolution of frames; Establishing frames as causal factors; A frame model of foreign aid policy; Basic hypotheses; Conclusion.
- 3 Debates about aidMethodology; Debates and codes; Speaking turns and aggregation across speakers; From arguments to broad frames; The dataset; National patterns; Belgium; Italy; The Netherlands; Norway; Using the data to generate predictions; Conclusion; 4 Aid frames; The origins of aid frames; Changes over time in aid frames23; The 1960s and 1970s: consolidating aid as a policy area; Aid discourse in the 1980s and 1990s: crisis, fatigue, renewal; Discussion; Governments as frame entrepreneurs; Governments and policy visibility; Conclusion; 5 The administration of aid policy.
- The administration of aid policyCreating and consolidating aid administrations; Adaptation and reorganization in the 1970s and 1980s; Crises and new mandates in the 1990s; Aid quality; Tied aid; Multilateral aid organizations; Conclusion; 6 The generosity contest:; The dependent variable
- trends and characteristics; The impact of international norms: the 0.7 per cent of GNP target; Explaining aid volume: the literature; Case studies
- from aid discourse to aid volume; Belgium: about average, but not much more; Italy: enough not to be embarrassed.
- The Netherlands: influence by setting an example and exceeding standardsNorway: matching and outperforming peers; Statistical analysis
- uncovering patterns and establishing causes; Conclusion; 7 The popularity contest:; Geographical patterns in aid flows; Aid frames and the recipient selection process; Belgium: cultural affinity and economic promise; Italy: post-colonial and regional interests; The Netherlands: different ways to pursue influence; Norway: concentration or dispersion?; A quantitative analysis of frames and aid allocation; Statistical model; Operationalization.
- Statistical analysisDiscussion; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion: frames and policy; Framing foreign aid; The evidence: from frames to policy; Extending the explanatory value of aid frames; Other aspects of aid policy11; Aid frames in other countries; Aid frames and policy advocacy; Framing and policy-making: beyond aid; Conclusion; Appendix A: Legislative debates coded; Appendix B: Debate coding examples; Appendix C: Aid distribution: data and sources; Bibliography; Index.