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Author Guess, George M

Title The politics of United States foreign aid / George M. Guess
Published London : Routledge, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge library editions. Development ; v. 7
Contents BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; CONTENTS; TABLES AND FIGURES; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF US FOREIGN AID: PAST AND PRESENT; CHAPTER TWO: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FOREIGN AID; CHAPTER THREE: THE BUREAUCRATIC ROLE CONFLICT MODEL; CHAPTER FOUR: US AID TO LATIN AMERICA; CHAPTER FIVE: US AID TO ASIA; CHAPTER SIX: US AID TO THE MIDDLE EAST; CHAPTER SEVEN: CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary First published in 1987, this reissue explores contemporary United States foreign aid policies and thinking in the Reagan era. The author argues that aid policy is often confused as a result of bureaucratic decision-making processes. The book contrasts the experience of the many countries where aid-giving has produced unwished-for effects with the few countries where the desired results have occurred. The author concludes by arguing for a new approach to aid-giving by the United States
Notes Reprint. Originally published: London : Croom Helm, 1987
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Economic assistance, American -- Political aspects -- Developing countries
Military assistance, American -- Political aspects -- Developing countries
Economic assistance, American -- Political aspects
Military assistance, American -- Political aspects
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203840186
9780203840184
1283105608
9781283105606
0415592763
9780415592765
9780709938293
0709938292
9786613105608
6613105600