Liberal America and the Third World : : Political Development Ideas in Foreign Aid and Social Science / / Robert A. Packenham.

In Europe after World War II, U.S. economic aid helped to ensure economic revival, political stability, and democracy. In the Third World, however, aid has been associated with very different tendencies: uneven political development, violence, political instability, and authoritarian rule in most co...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1973
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1802
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Physical Description:1 online resource (418 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Doctrines
  • 1. Political Development Doctrines, 1947-1960
  • 2. Political Development Doctrines, 1961-1968
  • 3. The Liberal Roots of the Doctrines
  • 4. The Coherence and Value of the Doctrines
  • Part II: Theories
  • 5. Political Development Theories, 1945-1970
  • 6. The Usefulness of the Theories
  • 7. The Liberal Roots of the Theories
  • Part III: Conclusion
  • 8. Conclusions and Prescriptions
  • Appendix: A Note on Definitions, Scope, and Method
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index