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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459435703321

Autore

MacLachlan Malcolm

Titolo

The aid triangle [[electronic resource] ] : recognizing the human dynamics of dominance, justice and identity / / Malcolm MacLachlan, Stuart C. Carr and Eilish McAuliffe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Halifax, N.S., : Fernwood Pub.

London ; ; New York, : Zed Books

New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

ISBN

1-282-73871-2

9786612738715

1-84813-835-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarrStuart C

Mc AuliffeEilish

Disciplina

338.91

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Political aspects

Economic assistance - Sociological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-166) and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the authors; Acknowledgements; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Aid; 3 - Dominance; 4 - Justice; 5 - Identity; 6 - Learning; 7 - Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Aid Triangle focuses on the human dynamics of international aid and illustrates how the aid system incorporates power relationships, and therefore relationships of dominance. Using the concept of a triangle of dominance, justice and identity, this timely work explains how the experience of injustice is both a challenge and a stimulus to personal, community and national identity, and how such identities underlie the human potential that international aid should seek to enrich. This insightful new critique provides for the reader an innovative and constructive framework for producing more em