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Ideas, interests and foreign aid /

"Why do countries give foreign aid? Although many countries have official development assistance programs, this book argues that no two of them see the purpose of these programs in the same way. Moreover, the way countries frame that purpose has shaped aid policy choices past and present. The a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Veen, A. Maurits van der
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:Cambridge studies in international relations ; 120.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Why do countries give foreign aid? Although many countries have official development assistance programs, this book argues that no two of them see the purpose of these programs in the same way. Moreover, the way countries frame that purpose has shaped aid policy choices past and present. The author examines how Belgium long gave aid out of a sense of obligation to its former colonies, The Netherlands was more interested in pursuing international influence, Italy has focused on the reputational payoffs of aid flows and Norwegian aid has had strong humanitarian motivations since the beginning. But at no time has a single frame shaped any one country's aid policy exclusively. Instead, analyzing half a century of legislative debates on aid in these four countries, this book presents a unique picture both of cross-national and over time patterns in the salience of different aid frames and of varying aid programs that resulted"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-282) and index.
ISBN:9781139145329
1139145320
9780511842177
0511842171