Foreign aid diplomacy, development, domestic politics /
Carol Lancaster.
- Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why foreign aid? Setting the stage -- Aid's purposes: a brief history -- The United States: Morgenthau's puzzle -- Japan: the rise and decline of an "aid superpower" -- France: rank et rayonnement -- Germany: a "middle of the roader" -- Denmark: the humane internationalist -- Conclusions and conjectures.
Drawing on her expertise in comparative politics & international relations and on her experience as a former public official Carol Lancaster provides five case studies that demonstrate how domestic politics and international pressures combine to shape how and why donor governments give aid.