Introduction
Iliana Olivié, and Aitor Pérez
Part 1. Aid in the Framework of International Relations Theories
1. The Politics of Aid from the Perspective of International Relations Theories
Bernabé Malacalza
2. Foreign Aid’s Motivations: Theoretical Arguments and Empirical Evidence
Gino N. Pauselli
Part 2. The politics of donors’ aid policies, a country-based approach
3. The U.S. Elite Consensus on Aid
Henry de Cazotte
4. The UK: An Aid Superpower at a Crossroads
Myles Wickstead
5. The Scandinavians: Aid Policy Determinants and Performances
Olav Stokke
6. Japanese Development Assistance: Economic and Political Win-Win Proposals
Marie Söderberg
7. Spain: The Rise and Fall of a Compliant Donor
Iliana Olivié and Aitor Pérez
8. While the Cat’s Away, Will the Mice Play? Government-NGO Relations and the Politics of Aid in Hungary
Krisztina Szabó, Balázs Szent-Iványi and András Tétényi
9. Brazilian Cooperation Policy: Promotion of Development and Global Projection
Guillermo Santander
10. Solidarity and Security in the EU Discourse on Aid
Iliana Olivié and Aitor Pérez
Part 3. Thematic agendas
11. Donorship in a State of Flux
Nilima Gulrajani, and Liam Swiss
12. The International Politics of Aid: ‘Good Governance’ and Democracy Promotion
David Williams
13. Gender Inequality, Aid Agencies, and Global Norms
Lars Engberg-Pedersen
14. Old and New Powers in Development Assistance in Health
Eduardo Missoni and Fabrizio Tediosi
15. ‘We First’ and the Anti-Foreign Aid Narratives of Populist Radical-Right Parties in Europe
Margarita Gómez-Reino
Biography
Iliana Olivié is Senior Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute, Spain, where she works on global development issues and coordinates the Elcano Global Presence Index. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Applied & Structural Economics & History, Complutense University of Madrid.
Aitor Pérez, economist and political scientist, works as consultant for UN agencies and international NGOs, conducting policy research and evaluation of aid-funded programmes in developing countries. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute.
"What this volume does very well is fill a gap in the literature by bringing together an analysis of country and thematic policies and putting them firmly in the broader context of foreign policy and international relations. In the process, it improves our understanding of the politics of aid" -- Andy Sumner, King's College London, UK
"This book offers a rich analysis of the domestic and international politics of foreign aid in a range of donor countries and several key crosscutting themes. It makes valuable theoretical and empirical contributions. I learned a lot from its historical perspectives and up-to-date examinations of the rapidly changing aid ecosystem." -- Stephen Brown, School of Political Science, University of Ottawa, Canada
