Description: Further DetailsTitle: Liberal America and the Third WorldCondition: NewSubtitle: Political Development Ideas in Foreign Aid and Social ScienceISBN-10: 0691644063EAN: 9780691644066ISBN: 9780691644066Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/19/2016Description: In Europe after World War II, U.S. economic aid helped to ensure economic revival, political stability, and democracy. In the Third World, however, aid has been associated with very different tendencies: uneven political development, violence, political instability, and authoritarian rule in most countries. Despite these differing patterns of political change in Europe and the Third World, however, American conceptions of political development have remained largely constant: democracy, stability, anti-communism. Why did the objectives and theories of U.S. aid officials and social scientists remain largely the same in the face of such negative results and despite the seeming inappropriateness of their ideas in the Third World context? Robert Packenham believes that the thinking of both officials and social scientists was profoundly influenced by the "Liberal Tradition" and its view of the American historical experience. Thus, he finds that U.S. opposition to revolution in the Third World steins not only from perceptions of security needs but also from the very conceptions of development that arc held by Americans.American pessimism about the consequences of revolution is intimately related to American optimism about the political effects of economic growth. In his final chapter the author offers some suggestions for a future policy. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 482gAuthor: Robert A. PackenhamGenre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Princeton Legacy LibraryTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Liberal America and the Third World
Title: Liberal America and the Third World
Subtitle: Political Development Ideas in Foreign Aid and Social Science
ISBN-10: 0691644063
EAN: 9780691644066
ISBN: 9780691644066
Release Date: 04/19/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 418 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Liberal America and the Third World : Political Development Ideas in Foreign Aid and Social Science
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: International Relations / General, Development / Economic Development, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 1.2 in
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics
Author: Robert A. Packenham
Item Length: 9.3 in
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Hardcover
