Aiding and abetting: U.S. foreign assistance and state violence

The United States is the world's leading foreign aid donor. Yet there has been little inquiry into how such assistance affects the politics and societies of recipient nations. Drawing on four decades of data on U.S. economic and military aid, Aiding and Abetting explores whether foreign aid doe...

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Main Author: Trisko-Darden, Jessica 1984- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California Stanford University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
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Keywords:
Human Rights > Developing countries
Political persecution > Developing countries
State-sponsored terrorism > Developing countries
Military assistance, American > Developing countries
Economic assistance, American > Developing countries
Entwicklungshilfe
Entwicklungspolitik
Wirtschaftshilfe
Militärhilfe
Auswirkung
Empfängerland
Konflikt
Gewalt
Politik
Menschenrecht
Usa
Erde
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Summary:The United States is the world's leading foreign aid donor. Yet there has been little inquiry into how such assistance affects the politics and societies of recipient nations. Drawing on four decades of data on U.S. economic and military aid, Aiding and Abetting explores whether foreign aid does more harm than good. Jessica Trisko Darden challenges long-standing ideas about aid and its consequences, and highlights key patterns in the relationship between assistance and violence. She persuasively demonstrates that many of the foreign aid policy challenges the U.S. faced in the Cold War era, such as the propping up of dictators friendly to U.S. interests, remain salient today. Historical case studies of Indonesia, El Salvador, and South Korea illustrate how aid can uphold human freedoms or propagate human rights abuses. Aiding and Abetting encourages both advocates and critics of foreign assistance to reconsider its political and social consequences by focusing international aid efforts on the expansion of human freedom.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 163-187, Literaturangaben, Register
Physical Description:XI, 198 Seiten, Diagramme
ISBN:9781503610231
9781503610996