{"product_id":"development-security-and-aid-jamey-essex-9780820342474","title":"Development, Security, and Aid: Geopolitics and Geoeconomics at the U.S. Agency for International Development","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Development, Security, and Aid\u003c\/i\u003e Jamey Essex offers a sophisticated study of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), examining the separate but intertwined discourses of geopolitics and geoeconomics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeopolitics concentrates on territory, borders, and strategic political and military positioning within the international state system. Geoeconomics emphasizes economic power, growth, and connectedness within a global, and supposedly borderless, system. Both discourses have strongly influenced the strategies of USAID and the views of American policy makers, bureaucrats, and business leaders toward international development. Providing a unique geographical analysis of American development policy, Essex details USAID's establishment in 1961 and traces the agency's growth from the Cold War into an era of neoliberal globalization up to and beyond 9\/11, the global war on terror, and the looming age of austerity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUSAID promotes improvement for millions by providing emergency assistance and support for long-term economic and social development. Yet the agency's humanitarian efforts are strongly influenced, and often trumped, by its mandate to advance American foreign policies. As a site of, a strategy for, and an agent in the making of geopolitics and geoeconomics, USAID, Essex argues, has often struggled to reconcile its many institutional mandates and objectives. The agency has always occupied a precarious political position, one that is increasingly marked by the strong influence of military, corporate, and foreign-policy institutions in American development strategy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamey Essex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820342475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820342474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013","brand":"Jamey Essex","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48441362252031,"sku":"9780820342474","price":126.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f1be14d-ff59-4002-875a-b80d7ab77906.jpg?v=1777190412","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/development-security-and-aid-jamey-essex-9780820342474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}