Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics

by Carol Lancaster

Book Overview

A twentieth-century innovation, foreign aid has become a familiar and even expected element in international relations. But scholars and government officials continue to debate why countries provide it: some claim that it is primarily a tool of diplomacy, some argue that it is largely intended to support development in poor countries, and still others point out its myriad newer uses. Carol Lancaster effectively puts this dispute to rest here by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226470458
• ISBN13: 9780226470450
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"