Key Studies in Diplomacy United States and Chinese Foreign Assistance

This book underscores the constitutive relationship between foreign aid and the diplomatic discourses and practices that constitute complexities in bilateral relations between donor and recipient states. 'Global in scope and brilliant in analysis, this vital book illuminates the multiple ways in which different actors instrumentalise overseas aid in the context of heightened geopolitical competition between China and the United States. If you want to understand how China is winning in this arena of global influence, you have found a defining, definitive, and compelling source.'Pádraig Carmody, Trinity College Dublin'This book offers an incisive perspective that clarifies what exactly is at stake both for geopolitical and humanitarian considerations. Drawing on fieldwork-based qualitative interviews as well as rigorous quantitative analyses, the authors provide a comprehensive study which will be a must-read for scholars and policymakers. ' Lina Benabdallah, Wake Forest University 'Regilme and Hodzi move beyond tired binaries to offer a compelling and nuanced framework, making this an important resource for scholars and practitioners alike. Jing Sun, University of DenverThis book underscores the constitutive relationship between foreign aid as a material resource and the diplomatic discourses and practices that constitute complex bilateral relations between donor and recipient states. Written by two leading scholars of contemporary United States and Chinese foreign policies in the Global South, it offers a pioneering, theoretically conscious, and empirically rich account of the two great powers’ grand strategies in the global development sector. The volume systematically demonstrates that notwithstanding the differences between the two programs, Chinese and US foreign aid portfolios demonstrate the strategic political and economic interests of the donor government. It is the first comprehensive and globally oriented analysis of United States and Chinese foreign aid programs and public diplomacy in the twenty-first century, with a particular focus on their material properties as well as ideational justifications and legitimation narratives. United States and Chinese foreign assistance and diplomacy addresses the analytic weaknesses of mainstream analysis of foreign aid, which often focuses on its material dimensions. The book underscores the constitutive relationship between foreign aid as a material resource and the diplomatic discourses and practices that constitute complex bilateral relations between donor and recipient states. Written by two leading scholars of contemporary United States and Chinese foreign policies in the Global South, Aid for Dominance offers a pioneering, theoretically conscious, and empirically rich account of the two great powers’ grand strategies in the global development sector. By deploying a multidisciplinary and comparative analysis, this book draws from a wide range of evidentiary materials from primary sources, including data from fieldwork interviews, government documents, local and international newspapers, speeches by high-ranking government officials and diplomats, and secondary data from scholarly publications and policy papers.

Pagina's: 240, Hardcover, Manchester University Press