The globalization of foreign aid : : developing consensus /

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

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Superior document:Routledge Global Cooperation Series
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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.
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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.

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