Synopses & Reviews
International development cooperation is undergoing a revolution. The authors question how far bilateral and multilateral aid agencies succeed in mainstreaming global issues in their operations and assess how emerging and traditional donors address competing objectives, often with diverging rationales. Cases include Brazil, China and South Africa.
Synopsis
An exploration of the social significance of Shrek from a variety of theoretical perspectives, this book pursues two different, yet intertwined objectives. The first is to present Shrek as pedagogical tool that could be usefully employed in a number of different disciplines. Shrek is approached from a political science angle, a sociological perspective, and applied to the tenets of evolutionary psychology. The second objective is concerned with outlining some of the ways in which Shrek is actively bound up with various aspects of social realitysuch as capitalism, power relations, inequality, rule and resistance. This book analyzes the green ogre and his companions in a way that is entertaining as well as informative.
About the Author
GILLES CARBONNIER is Editor-in-Chief of International Development Policy and professor of development economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. His research focuses on international development cooperation, humanitarianism, energy and the governance of natural resource, and the political economy of war. Before joining the Graduate Institute, he worked in multilateral trade negotiations, development cooperation and humanitarian action.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The New Geography of Development Aid;
A.Sumner &
G.CarbonnierImplementing Global Public Policies: Are the Aid Agencies Walking the Talk?;
M.MordasiniThe United Nations and Global Public Goods: Historical Contributions and Future Challenges;
B.JenksPolicy Coherence for Development and the Political Economy of Aid;
M.CarboneThe Transformation of Development International Non-Governmental Organisations;
T.DaviesGlobal Health Policy: Transformation and Challenges Ahead;
M.BuissonniereChina's Foreign Aid and its Role in the International Aid Architecture;
M.HuangEmerging 'Donor', Geopolitical Actor: South Africa in the Global Terrain;
E.SidiropoulosBrazil's Generous Diplomacy: Friendly Dragon or Paper Tiger?;
R.Muggah &
E.Passarelli HamannConclusion: Global Public Policies, Weltinnenpolitik and Democratic Legitimacy of New Forms of Global Governance;
T.BennerAnnual Review
Finance and Economic Development; U.PanizzaTrade and Development. The Challenges Facing the Multilateral Trading System in Addressing Global Public Policy Objectives; C.Bellmann