Challenging Aid in Africa - Principles, Implementation, and Impact

Informationen zum Autor Zoe Marriage is a Teaching Fellow in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Klappentext This is a startling and controversial investigation into the international assistance given to countries at war. Marriage points to the similarities in the psychological and political dimensions of international aid and the violence this assistance is supposed to relieve. Looking at the "game" that large aid organizations play by appealing to a moral argument of rights and principles, this book investigates the gap between principle and practice in humanitarian assistance in Africa. Zusammenfassung This is a startling and controversial investigation into the international assistance given to countries at war. Marriage points to the similarities in the psychological and political dimensions of international aid and the violence this assistance is supposed to relieve. Looking at the "game" that large aid organizations play by appealing to a moral argument of rights and principles, this book investigates the gap between principle and practice in humanitarian assistance in Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Zoe Marriage, Zoë Marriage, Zoe (University of London Marriage, Na Na
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9781403976314
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7631-4
• No. of pages: 265
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Diplomatie, Afrika, B, Krieg und Verteidigung, Culture, Politik und Staat, Africa, auseinandersetzen, Diplomacy, Politics and government, Warfare and defence, African Politics, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Africa—Politics and government, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, African Culture