TY - BOOK AU - Lancaster,Carol TI - Foreign aid: diplomacy, development, domestic politics SN - 9780226470450 AV - HC60 .L294 2007 U1 - 327.111 PY - 2007/// CY - Chicago, Ill., London PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Economic assistance KW - International relations KW - Diplomacy KW - Economic development KW - International cooperation KW - Political aspects N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -