Foreign Aid and Political Reform
Subtitle: A Comparative Analysis of Democracy Assistance and Political Conditionality (International Political Economy)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Palgrave
Published: March 7, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780333919828
Subjects: Central government policies; Constitution: government & the state; Development economics; International relations; Political economy; c 1990 to c 2000; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Business/Economics; Developing countries; EU (European Union); Sweden; USA; United Kingdom, Great Britain; International - General; International Relations - General; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Business & Economics-International - General; Political Science / Democracy; Political Science / International Relations; Political Science-Political Ideologies - Democracy; General; Democracy; Economic assistance; Human rights; Political aspects
First sentence: The linkage of development aid to the promotion of human rights, democracy and good governance in recipient countries stimulated a range of responses from numerous analysts and commentators during the first half of the 1990s.
Description: "This book provides a systematic and comparative investigation of policies and practices in the 1990s to promote political reform in Southern 'recipient' countries. The use of both 'carrot' and 'stick' is examined: that is, democracy assistance and aid sanctions. The book addresses wide-ranging and controversial questions. Should donor governments impose political conditionality? Is it legitimate to intervene in favour of democracy and human right?

Is the promotion of democracy restricted to the establishment of multi-party elections, or is the strengthening of autonomous organizations of civil society seriously attempted? Such questions are addressed through a comparative examination of the activities of four selected aid donors: the governments of Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United states as well as the European Union's development programme"--BOOK JACKET.