Uk Aid Policy and Practice 1974-90
Subtitle: An Analysis of the Poverty-Focus, Gender-Consciousness and Environmental Sensitivity of British Official Aid
Publisher: Dissertation.com
Published: July 2001
Place of publication: USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781581121278
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Central government; International relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Disaster Relief & Rescue Operations; Government - Comparative; International Relations - General
First sentence: The initial intention behind this thesis was to enquire into and assess the extent to which British official aid policy and practice was poverty-focussed and whether it actually helped or harmed the poorest communities of the Third World during the period 1974-90.
Notes: The original thesis can be freely downloaded from the British Library Online in PDF format at: http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do
Table of contents: title: Preface 1; title: List of Abbreviations 3; title: Chapter 1: Introduction: Objectives, Methodology and Literature 4; title: Chapter 2: Theoretical Frameworks 12; title: Chapter 3: British Aid Policy Under the 1974-79 Labour Government 35; title: Chapter 4: The Overseas Aid Policy of the Conservative Government (1979-90) 58; title: Chapter 5: A Quantitative Comparison of Labour and Conservative Aid Programmes   (1974-90) 89; title: Chapter 6: British Aid and the Environment 138; title: Chapter 7: British Aid and Gender 166; title: Chapter 8: Conclusion and Alternative Proposals for UK Aid 188; title: Bibliography on Aid 212; title: Appendix 1 234; title: Appendix 2 269; title: Appendix 3 277; title: Appendix 4 283; title: Appendix 5 285; title: Appendix 6 286; title: Appendix 7 287; title: Note: the original PhD thesis can be freely downloaded in PDF form at http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do