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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819068303321

Autore

Holden Patrick <1974->

Titolo

In search of structural power : EU aid policy as a global political instrument / / Patrick Holden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2009

ISBN

1-315-58814-5

1-317-11791-3

1-317-11790-5

1-281-96889-7

9786611968892

0-7546-9171-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

327.40090511

338.91/4

Soggetti

Economic assistance, European

Economic assistance, European - Developing countries

European Union countries Foreign economic relations

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. [191]-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Acknowledgements; Preface/Permissions; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Theoretical and Methodological Framework: EU Aid and Structural Power; 2 A Global Overview of EU Aid Policy; 3 EU Aid and Euro-Mediterranean Integration; 4 EU Aid to the New Independent States: Shaping the Post-Soviet Space?; 5 The European Development Fund in Africa; 6 'Gentle Commerce' or Structural Power? EU Aid to Emerging Markets in Latin America and Asia

7 New Instruments, New Trajectories? The Ongoing Evolution of the EU's Aid PolicyConclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a clear and logical analysis of the panoply of European Union aid policies and a theoretically informed evaluation of their operation, this historically grounded book concentrates on EU aid to key world regions in the 21st century and provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking account of EU aid policy.