"Foreign aid has increasingly been subject to political conditionality. In the 1980s, the Bretton Woods institutions and major Western governments made aid dependent on reforms of the economic policy of recipient countries. The main objective of this first generation conditional…
Under den Kolde Krig satte den amerikanske regering en udvalgt gruppe akademikere, bl.a. samfundsforskere og behavioristiske psykologer, til at fungere som politiske rådgivere, der skulle komme med forklaringer på den kommunistiske fjendes handlingsmønstre. Disse blev så brugt i…
Europe 2030
Robert Jackson examines the birth and survival of Third World nations since the end of the Second World War. He describes these countries as "quasi-states," arguing that they exist more by the support and indulgence of the international community than by the abilities and effort…
Ambitious entrepreneurs, isthmian politicians, and mercenaries who dramatically altered Central America's political culture, economies, and even its traditional social values populate this lively story of a generation of North and Central Americans and their roles in the transfo…
