1st Edition

The Bureaucratic Struggle For Control Of U.s. Foreign Aid Diplomacy Vs. Development In Southern Africa

By Caleb Rossiter Copyright 1985
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

This study of executive-branch decision making explores the conflict between the diplomatic and developmental mandates of U.S. foreign-aid programs on two levels. First, a given amount of programming funded for a country must be divided among various activities, some of which are directed toward long-term development while others encourage short-term diplomatic cooperation with U.S. initiatives.... Read more
Diplomacy Versus Development -- The Functions of U.S. Foreign Aid -- The Realization Process: Actors and Goals -- U.S. Foreign Policy in Southern Africa, 1973–1981 -- U.S. Programming in Southern Africa, 1973–1981 -- Security and Development Aid: The Realization Process -- Food, Humanitarian, and Commercial Aid: The Realization Process -- Diplomacy Over Development -- List of Interviews and Personal Communications

Biography

Caleb Rossiter is on the staff of the bipartisan Congressional Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus, where his duties focus on legislation and research related to U.S. economic and military policy in the Third World. He has been an adjunct professor of military policy at Cornell University's Washington, D.C., campus. Dr. Rossiter has written on U.S. foreign policy for the Congressional Research Service and the Center for International Policy, where he is a fellow. He conducted interviews with more than seventy officials in various U.S. government agencies in preparation for this book.