International aid and democracy promotion liberalization at the margins / Bann Seng Tan.

Contents Looking for democracy in all the wrong places -- The big picture -- The components of salience -- The regional picture -- Myanmar and donor switching -- Egypt and Fiji -- No golden age, no silver bullet.
Abstract "International Aid and Democracy Promotion investigates the link between foreign aid and the promotion of democracy, using theory, statistical tests and illustrative case studies. This book challenges the field of development to recognize that democracy promotion is unlike other development goals. With a goal like economic development, the interests of the recipient and the donor coincide; whereas, with democratization, authoritarian recipients have strong reasons to oppose what donors seek. The different motivations of donors and recipients must be considered if democracy aid is to be effective. The author examines how donors exercise their leverage over aid recipients, and, more importantly, why, using selectorate theory to understand the incentives of both aid donors and recipients. International Aid and Democracy Promotion will be of great interest to academics and students of development and democratization, as well as policy makers with authority over foreign aid allocation"-- Provided by publisher.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Tan, Bann Seng, 1975- International aid and democracy promotion Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. 9780367505851
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