02494oam 2200505 450 991082447280332120240131151647.01-135-13161-90-203-07742-31-283-89421-11-135-13162-710.4324/9780203077429 (OCoLC)826832630(MiFhGG)GVRL8PUF(EXLCZ)99255000000071085220120712d2013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrThe domestic politics of foreign aid /Erik LundsgaardeAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (xv, 250 pages) illustrationsRoutledge explorations in development studies ;1Routledge explorations in development studies ;1Description based upon print version of record.1-138-67233-5 0-415-65695-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Development aid as a policy instrument -- Aid and domestic politics -- Consensus and aid generosity in denmark -- The cautious humanitarian : aid politics in Switzerland -- The long shadow of the past : aid politics in France -- Fragmentation and micromanagement : US aid politics -- Concluding considerations for development advocates.In spite of shared rhetorical commitments to tackling poverty worldwide, donors have varied considerably in their use of aid as an instrument for global poverty reduction. This book explains varied donor priorities by examining how societal actors, governmental actors, and the institutions that regulate their interactions influence development policy choices.The Domestic Politics of Foreign Aid challenges explanations for donor generosity that identify humanitarian values, partisan politics, and welfare state institutions as key determinants of aid-giving patterns. It eRoutledge explorations in development studies.Economic assistanceDeveloping countriesPovertyGovernment policyDeveloping countriesEconomic assistancePovertyGovernment policy338.9109172/4Lundsgaarde Erik.1624039MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910824472803321The domestic politics of foreign aid3958776UNINA