Struggle for Influence in the Middle East - The Arab Uprisings and Foreign Assistance

Informationen zum Autor Federica Bicchi is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics, UK. Benoit Challand is Assistant Professor at New York University, USA. Steven Heydemann is Vice President on Applied Research on Conflict at the US Institute of Peace. He is also adjunct professor at the Department of Government, Georgetown University, USA. Klappentext This volume illustrates and explains why the Arab uprisings have had a limited impact on foreign aid in the MENA region, by analysing the politics and the political economy of foreign aid provision. This book was published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics. Zusammenfassung This volume illustrates and explains why the Arab uprisings have had a limited impact on foreign aid in the MENA region, by analysing the politics and the political economy of foreign aid provision. This book was published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword 1. Revisiting Aid in the Arab Middle East 2. America’s Response to the Arab Uprisings: US Foreign Assistance in an Era of Ambivalence 3. The Politics of Foreign Aid and the European Neighbourhood Policy Post-Arab Spring: ‘More for More’ or Less of the Same? 4. Turkey as an ‘Emerging Donor’ and the Arab Uprisings 5. EU Democracy Promotion in Tunisia and Morocco: Between Contextual Changes and Structural Continuity 6. Foreign Aid and Security Sector Reform in Tunisia: Resistance and Autonomy of the Security Forces 7. International Assistance to Egypt after the 2011 and 2013 Uprisings: More Politics and Less Development 8. Explaining the Patterns of the Gulf Monarchies’ Assistance after the Arab Uprisings 9. Unwilling to Change, Determined to Fail: Donor Aid in Occupied Palestine in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings 10. Conclusion: Continuities and Discontinuities in Foreign Assistance 11. Post-scriptum: Foreign Aid at the Time of Humanitarian Intervention ...

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• Authors: Federica (London School of Economics & Pol Bicchi
• Assisted by: Federica Bicchi (Editor), Bicchi Federica (Editor), Benoit Challand (Editor), Challand Benoit (Editor), Steven Heydemann (Editor), Heydemann Steven (Editor), Steven Heydermann (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138937246
• ISBN: 978-1-138-93724-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Studies in Mediterranean Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Politics & government, Political Economy, Aid & relief programmes, Politics and government, International Trade, International trade and commerce, Aid and relief programmes