International Aid and Democracy Promotion: Liberalization at the Margins (Democratization Studies)

Synopsis

International Aid and Democracy Promotion investigates the link between foreign aid and the promotion of democracy, using theory, statistical tests, and illustrative case studies. This book challenges the field of development to recognize that democracy promotion is unlike other development goals. With a goal like economic development, the interests of the recipient and the donor coincide; whereas, with democratization, authoritarian recipients have strong reasons to oppose what donors seek. The different motivations of donors and recipients must be considered if democracy aid is to be effective. The author examines how donors exercise their leverage over aid recipients, and, more importantly, why, using selectorate theory to understand the incentives of both aid donors and recipients. International Aid and Democracy Promotion will be of great interest to academics and students of development and democratization, as well as policy makers with authority over foreign aid allocation. “The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003050438, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Open Access for this book is generously supported by the Ashoka University.

Copyright:

2021

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Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

216 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000199529

Related ISBNs:

9780367505851, 9780367505868, 9781003050438

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

10/30/20

Copyrighted By:

Bann Seng Tan, The right of Bann Seng Tan to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Politics and Government

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