A Fragile Balance: Re-Examining the History of Foreign Aid, Security and Diplomacy - Couverture souple

Picard, Louis A.; Buss, Terry F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1565492951 ISBN 13 : 9781565492950

Editeur : Kumarian Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book offers a broad historical narrative of foreign aid, international security and diplomacy. It emphasizes human development rather than economic development. The failures of foreign aid have drawn many assumptions into stark focus: the assumption that aid is reaching the bottom end of the socio-economic ladder, that those most capable of forming policy are in the Western academy, that decisions about where aid should go can be separated from culture and history. Picard and Buss suggest that continuing to discuss aid's problems using tired ideas won't work. They take an unconventional approach by placing aid in the context of larger security and foreign policy goals and by extending the history of aid prior to WWII and into the 19th century. Simplifying the complex world of foreign aid with all its diversity and meanings, the book serves as a contemporary introduction to a surprisingly old idea. ""A Fragile Balance"" adopts both policy and normative perspectives, allowing readers to really get around the issues. It reveals the problems that remain and importantly, what can be done to fix the system. This text will serve as an invaluable introduction to undergraduate and graduate students studying foreign policy, security studies and economic development, but will also appeal to practitioners who want a fresh view of the so-called 'three Ds' of diplomacy, defense and development.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Louis Picard is Professor in the Division of International Development, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. Terry Buss is distinguished professor of public policy at the Heinz College of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, Adelaide, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kumarian Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1565492951
• ISBN 13: 9781565492950
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible