The globalization of foreign aid : : developing consensus / / Liam Swiss.

• Superior document: Routledge Global Cooperation Series
• VerfasserIn: Swiss, Liam,
• Place / Publishing House: London, [England] ;, New York, New York : : Routledge,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge global cooperation series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (174 pages) :; illustrations, tables.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- About the author -- Part I Emerging global consensus? -- 1 The globalization of foreign aid? -- CIDA does not 'do' sanitation -- The globalization of foreign aid -- The World Society? -- Strengths: explaining diffusion -- Weaknesses: genesis, power, and levels of analysis -- My take on the world society argument -- Processes and mechanisms of globalization -- Premises -- Donor policy as world cultural models -- International actors and the influence of world society -- Donor agency structure and the interface with world society -- Individual agency in the spread of world society models -- Developing consensus? -- A research roadmap -- The book -- Notes -- References -- 2 Global influences and the diffusion of aid priorities -- The diffusion of aid priorities -- Theoretical explanations for development assistance -- World polity / world society explanations of diffusion -- (1) Density, demonstration and contagion: policy isomorphism -- (2) Embeddedness: the influence of international organizations -- (3) On the global agenda: international conferences and treaties -- Domestic factors -- (4) Donor agency structure -- (5) Donor generosity -- Diffusion of WID/GAD policy in the development assistance sector -- World society and diffusion: macro-level globalization -- Notes -- References -- Part II Donors think alike? -- 3 The donors: Canada, Sweden, and the United States -- Canada -- Canadian development assistance: persistent inconsistency -- Canadian public support for development assistance -- CIDA structure -- Canadian civil society involvement in development assistance -- Legislative mandate: Bill C-293.

Key characteristics of the Canadian development assistance sector -- Sweden -- Swedish development assistance: a humanitarian superpower -- Swedish public support for development assistance -- Sida structure -- Swedish civil society involvement in development assistance -- Legislative framework: Policy for Global Development 2003 -- Key characteristics of the Swedish development assistance sector -- United States -- American development assistance: the generosity paradox -- American public support for development assistance -- USAID structure -- American civil society involvement in development assistance -- Legislative framework -- Key characteristics of the American development assistance sector -- Donors and domestic context -- Ten years later: differences remain -- Case study approach -- Notes -- References -- 4 Women and gender: World society and bureaucrat agency -- Women and gender as aid priorities -- Gender equality and women's rights as a world society model -- Gender as a development concern -- Donor approaches to gender in development assistance -- Policy isomorphism in gender and development -- External influences and internal dynamics -- Internalization and certification -- Standards setting/policing and the appeal to outside authority -- Mimicry -- Embeddedness within civil society -- Management resistance and bureaucratic activism -- Gender champions -- Bureaucratic entrepreneurialism -- Guerrilla bureaucrats -- Personnel exchange -- Gender, aid, and micro-level processes of globalization -- Notes -- References -- 5 Security sector reform: Catalytic policy processes and donor autonomy -- Security sector reform and foreign aid -- World society and state security as a global model -- Security as a development assistance concern -- Donor approaches to security in development assistance.

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) -- The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) -- Policy isomorphism in security and development -- Micro-level processes: influence on donors -- Catalytic policy processes -- Decoupling and autonomy from rest of government -- Security sector reform, aid, and micro-level processes -- Notes -- References -- Part III Globalization's influence on aid agencies -- 6 Processes of globalization: Linking micro and macro -- Gaps in world society explanations of diffusion and uniformity -- Micro-level social processes of world polity influence -- Internalization and certification -- Embeddedness in civil society -- Bureaucratic activism -- Catalytic policy drivers -- Autonomy from rest of government/Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- Making macro-micro linkages -- References -- 7 The globalization of aid: Conclusions on consensus -- Consensus revisited -- Implications for research -- World polity and the nation-state -- Development assistance motivations -- Social processes and the politics of globalization -- Implications for foreign aid actors -- Implications for donor agencies -- Implications for donor-country civil society -- Implications for governments and civil society in recipient countries -- Further inquiry into 'emerging global consensus' -- Additional donors to validate qualitative findings -- The globalization of development assistance policy: impact on the developing world -- Social processes of globalization in the world society / nation-state relationship -- Conclusions on consensus -- References -- Methodological appendix -- Index.