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Informationen zum Autor Olav Stokke Klappentext Foreign aid has increasingly become subject to political conditionality. In the 1980s some institutions made aid dependent upon the recipient countries' economic policy reforms. Market liberalisation was the primary instrument and objective. In the 1990s such conditionality was brought one step further; aid was now linked to political reforms, affecting recipient countries' governing systems, requiring democracy, human rights and 'good governance'. This volume looks at these developments and considers the conditionality policies of several European aid donors. Such policies are also considered from recipient perspectives, both from the Third World and Russia, and the issue is also considered from a historical perspective. Zusammenfassung This volume examines how foreign aid has become increasingly subject to political conditionality, with market liberalisation as the primary insturment and objective, and considers the conditionality policies of several European aid donors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Development and Change- " This volume is historically and theoretically informed and nuanced and it includes judicious cross-references"The Journal of Development Studies- " This volume has much to commend it. It certainly should be read by those concerned with aid effectiveness and international relations more generally...This book is an important contribution to a nascent literature"European Journal of Development Research - " It is a good empirical supplement to the existing literature on the subject, it is readable, and it should be recommended to students, researchers and practitioners alike who have an interest in international aid