Challenging Aid in Africa: Principles, Implementation, and Impact

by Na Na

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403976317
• ISBN13: 9781403976314
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.6"