A samaritan state revisited : : historical perspectives on Canadian foreign aid / / edited by Greg Donaghy and David Webster.

• Superior document: Beyond boundaries series ; Number 10
• TeilnehmendeR: Webster, David, 1966-; Donaghy, Greg,
• Place / Publishing House: Calgary, Alberta : : University of Calgary Press,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Beyond boundaries series ; Number 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 pages).

Canada’s foreign aid programs are an area of ongoing interest, yet there is little knowledge of Canada’s 70-year aid history, the historic forces that have shaped Canadian aid policy, and the many complex factors that affect Canada’s future foreign aid policy. A Samaritan State Revisited brings together a refreshing group of emerging and leading scholars to reflect on the history of Canada’s overseas development aid. Addressing the broad ideological and institutional origins of Canada’s official development assistance in the 1950s and specific themes in its evolution and professionalization since the 1960s, this collection is the first to explore Canada’s history with foreign aid with this level of interrogative detail. Extending from the 1950s to the present and covering Canadian aid to all regions of the Global South, from South and Southeast Asia to Latin America and Africa, these essays embrace a variety of approaches and methodologies ranging from traditional, archival-based research to textual and image analysis, oral history, and administrative studies. A Samaritan State Revisited weaves together a unique synthesis of governmental and non-governmental perspectives, providing a clear and readily accessible explanation of the forces that have shaped Canadian foreign aid policy

Table of Contents

Just divorced -- The cattle pen commanders -- The bog barons -- A postman and an arrow -- The venom rebellion -- Tarzan and the zebra bus -- The men too tall for tanks -- The war of the educated -- The man who fell to earth -- The land of Kush -- A looter continuer -- The brown caterpillars -- The other city -- The war within ourselves -- Freedom next time.