Political Economy and the Aid Industry in Asia [electronic resource] /
Hutchison, J.author.
Hout, W.author.
Hughes, C.author.
Robison, R.author.
Adopting a distinctive structural political economy approach, this book uniquely explains the blind spots of alternative political economy approaches to international aid, and presents an original framework for evaluating likely reformers' strength of commitment and potential alliances with donors.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Our argument; Approaches to political economy; Political economy and development policy; Structure of the book; Part I: Development Agencies and the Reality of Politics; 2 Realities of Political Economy: The Elephant in the Room; Introduction; From the roll-out of markets to containing political risks; How the ''sorcerer''s apprentices'' expropriated the market; From markets to the market state; Does the West really want to confront the elephants in the room?
3 Development Agencies and the Political Economy TurnIntroduction; Understanding donor agencies; Drivers of Change; The Strategic Governance and Corruption Analysis; Political economy analysis, policy reform and political risk; Conclusion; 4 Development as Collective Action Problems; Introduction; Demand-side reform; Political agency; Discussions on working politically; Conclusion; Part II: Applying Structural Political Economy; 5 Understanding the Development Problem; Introduction; Development as contested structural change; Development as politics; Development as ideology
Southeast Asian case studiesConclusion; 6 Analysing Reform and Reformers; Introduction; Reform; Reformers; Southeast Asian case studies; Conclusion; 7 Working Politically: Understanding Alliances; Introduction; Donors working politically; Disaggregating alliances; Southeast Asian case studies; Implications for donors; 8 Conclusion: The Road to Nowhere?; Introduction; Political economy of donor agencies; Political economy of recipient countries; Political economy of policy compromise; Political economy of changing global contexts; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Adopting a distinctive structural political economy approach, this book uniquely explains the blind spots of alternative political economy approaches to international aid, and presents an original framework for evaluating likely reformers' strength of commitment and potential alliances with donors.
Poverty.
International relations.
Political economy.
Economic development.
Political science.
Development Aid.
International Relations.
International Political Economy.
Development Theory.
Political Science.