Foreign Aid and Political Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Democracy Assistance and Political Conditionality (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333919828)

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.

Author: G. Crawford
ISBN-10: 0333919823
ISBN-13: 9780333919828
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2000
Pages: 293
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.30w x 0.97d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 79