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Author Veen, A. Maurits van der.

Title Ideas, interests and foreign aid / A. Maurits van der Veen.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  338.91 V418I    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Cambridge studies in international relations ; 120
Cambridge studies in international relations ; 120.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-282) and index.
Contents 1. The many uses of foreign aid -- 2. One policy, multiple goals: framing and foreign aid -- 3. Debates about aid: contents and patterns -- 4. Aid frames: origins and evolution -- 5. The administration of aid policy -- 6. The generosity contest: determinants of aid volume -- 7. The popularity contest: selecting the recipients of aid -- 8. Conclusion: frames and policy -- Appendix A. Legislative debates coded -- Appendix B. Debate coding examples -- Appendix C. Aid allocation: data and sources.
Subject Economic assistance.
Economic assistance, European.
Politique d'aide au développement.
Aide à l'étranger.
Aide financière.
Programmes d'aide.
Organismes d'aide.
Conditions de l'aide.
Aide internationale.
Economic assistance. (OCoLC)fst00901592
Economic assistance, European. (OCoLC)fst00901703
Entwicklungshilfe.
Belgium.
Netherlands.
Italy.
Norway.
ISBN 9781107009745 (hardback)
110700974X (hardback)
9780521264099 (paperback)
052126409X (paperback)
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