Routledge Library Editions: Development Mini-Set B: Aid: The Politics of United States Foreign Aid (Volume 7)

207 Pages·2011·1.09 MB·English

by  George M. Guess

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: DEVELOPMENT
THE POLITICS OF UNITED STATES
FOREIGN AID
THE POLITICS OF UNITED
STATES FOREIGN AID
GEORGE M.GUESS
Volume 7
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The Politics of United States
Foreign Aid
GEORGE M.GUESS
Institute of Public Administration
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
CROOM HELM
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The politics of United States foreign aid.
1. Economic assistance, American—
Developing countries
I. Title
338. 91’73’01724 HC60
ISBN 0-203-84018-6 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-7099-3829-2 (Print Edition)
CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figures
Preface

1. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF US FOREIGN AID: PAST AND
PRESENT 1
Introduction 1
The Blurred Lines of Foreign Aid Policy 2
Contemporary Foreign Aid Programs 9
The Evolution of US Postwar Foreign Aid 18
2. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FOREIGN AID 35
Introduction 35
Harsh Evaluations From The Political Spectrum 36
3. THE BUREAUCRATIC ROLE CONFLICT MODEL 52
Introduction 52
The Need For Policy Models 52
Results of Foreign Aid 56
Decision Premises or Goals 59
Constraints: Rules and Repertoires 62
Opportunities: Role Conflict 71
Conclusion 86
4. US AID TO LATIN AMERICA 87
Introduction 87
Results 88
Goals 96
Constraints 103
Contents vii
Role Conflict 109
Conclusion 115
5. US AID TO ASIA 117
Introduction 117
Goals 119
Results 127
Constraints 133
Role Conflict 138
Conclusion 143
6. US AID TO THE MIDDLE EAST 145
Introduction 145
Results 147
Goals 156
Constraints 159
Policy Actors 162
Conclusion 166
7. CONCLUSION 167
Introduction 167
Summary and Conclusion 168
Recommendations 174

Index 187
TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables
1.1 Presidential Request For Fiscal Year 1986 Budget Authority For Foreign
Aid 11
3.1 Budget Authority Requests and Appropriations For US Foreign Aid: 1975–
1986 ($000) 75
3.2 Congressional Earmarks For Economic Support Fund, FY 86 ($000) 79
Figures
1.1 US Foreign Military Assistance, 1946–1981 14
1.2 Distribution of US Foreign Assistance by Region, 1946–1982 20
3.1 The Bureaucratic Role Conflict Model 56
3.2 USAID’s Planning and Budget Process, Fiscal Year 1986 64
3.3 Guardian and Spender Role Conflict in US Foreign Aid 74
4.1 Fiscal Year 1986 Request For Economic and Military Assistance Programs
(Scaled To Program Size) 98
5.1 Allocation of Bilateral Foreign Aid By Major Region, FY 1987 118
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come.
Messiah, George Frederich Handel
I wish the Americans would just leave us alone, one Guatemalan declared, if we want to
kill each other off it’s our business. The US has no right to interfere.
Inevitable Revolutions, Walter LaFaber.