Foreign Aid and Political Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Democracy Assistance and Political Conditionality

Gordon Crawford

ISBN 10: 0333919823 / ISBN 13: 9780333919828

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

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293 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Foreign Aid and Political Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Democracy Assistance and Political Conditionality
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333919823
• ISBN 13: 9780333919828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.57 kilograms

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Synopsis

The linkage of development aid to the promotion of human rights, democracy and good governance was a striking departure in the post-cold war foreign policies of Northern 'donor' governments. Uniquely, this book provides a systematic and comparative investigation of policies and practices in the 1990s to promote political reform in Southern 'recipient' countries by four donors, the governments of Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, plus the European Union. The use of both carrot and stick, that is democracy assistance and aid sanctions, is examined and sharp criticism of current practice offered.

About the Author

GORDON CRAWFORD is Lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Leeds and has specialised recently in the role of external agencies in the promotion of democratisation, previously publishing a number of articles and book chapters on this subject.