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Foreign aid in the Middle East : in search of peace and democracy /
"What do we mean by 'gifts' in International Relations? Can foreign aid be conceptualized as a gift? Most foreign aid transactions are unilateral and financially unreciprocated, yet donors expect to benefit from them. Previous research dealing with foreign aid has analyzed the main do...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Author Biography; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Contemporary Gifts; Theoretical-conceptual frames; Methods and structure; 1. The Market, the Society and the Gift; Exchange theories in a nutshell; The modern gift: From Christmas presents to global solidarity; Summary; 2. The Contemporary Gift; Foreign aid in international relations; Applying the gift exchange framework to foreign aid relations; Societies compared
- Main features of the international gift: Object and relationship in contemporary IRThe merits of gifts and reciprocity: Substituting wars and managing order; The 'spiritual essence': Values, norms and identities conveyed by foreign aid; Insights from the philosophy of the gift; 3. Traditional, Religious and Contemporary Gifts in the Middle East; Gifts in pre-modern societies and generosity in the Middle East; Features of contemporary foreign aid in the Middle East; Battles for external legitimacy: Competing for contemporary gifts
- 4. In Search of Peace, Stability and Democracy in the Middle EastUS aid for regional stability and Israeli security; EU assistance for regional stability by supporting the peace process; Simply saying: The US set the rules, the EU paid (pays!?) the bill; Regime survival and public opinion on foreign donors; 5. The (Im)possibility of Contemporary Gifts; Returning contemporary foreign gifts: Trading threats, trading pains; The 'spirit' of contemporary gift and the image of the 'foreign agent'; The (im)possibility of foreign aid: Supporting stability vs. democratization; Conclusion
- Annex
- Interview DetailsNotes; Bibliography; Index