Liberal America and the Third World : political development ideas in foreign aid and social science / Robert A. Packenham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Packenham, Robert A., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance, American.

Liberalism--United States.

Liberalism.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Doctrines

1. Political Development Doctrines, 1947-1960

2. Political Development Doctrines, 1961-1968

3. The Liberal Roots of the Doctrines

4. The Coherence and Value of the Doctrines

Part II: Theories

5. Political Development Theories, 1945-1970

6. The Usefulness of the Theories

7. The Liberal Roots of the Theories

Part III: Conclusion

8. Conclusions and Prescriptions

Appendix: A Note on Definitions, Scope, and Method

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691616858

069161685X

9781400868667

1400868661

OCLC:

905863912