{"product_id":"aid-and-influence-patronage-power-and-politics-paperback","title":"Aid and Influence: Patronage, Power and Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Browne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book turns the argument about aid effectiveness on its head. Since development assistance is inherently self-interested, a source of soft power, political manipulation and commercial opportunity, its real effectiveness could arguably be judged by the strength of donor influence and not by development impact. Its subjective nature means that its impact on development is often weak, mainly short-term and confined to limited and specific contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAid as influence was prevalent during the Cold War era. The connection is equally strong in this century's newly bipolar world in which the contest is between western donors led by the United States, and China which is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure as a means of influence in the global South. Influence permeates both bilateral and multilateral aid and in parallel with official aid, the rise of global philanthropy has seen it taken up by some of today's billionaires. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe response by donors to the growing havoc caused by the three Cs - conflict, climate change and COVID-19 - confirms the main findings of the book, which concludes by outlining what aid without influence would look like. This book draws on the author's 40 years of experience of the aid industry and will be essential reading for development students, practitioners and policy makers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Browne\u003c\/strong\u003e is co-director of the Future United Nations Development System (FUNDS) project, Senior Fellow of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York, and visiting lecturer at the University of Geneva, Geneva. He worked for the United Nations for more than 30 years, and has written a dozen books on aid, development and the United Nations, including \u003ci\u003eBeyond Aid: From Patronage to Partnership\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eSustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-Setting\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2017), \u003ci\u003eUN Reform: 25 Years of Challenge and Change\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and the \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Handbook on the UN in Development\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158477279367,"sku":"9780367681555","price":79.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7026d8cb6264400ed8458ba7060303c0.webp?v=1733259111","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/aid-and-influence-patronage-power-and-politics-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}