商品簡介
Williams (international politics, City U. of London, England) describes stark differences between the international development regimes engaged in by Western countries in the 1960s and in the 1990s, respectively, the "sovereign" order and the "liberal" order. The sovereign order was characterized by a focus on big infrastructure projects, such as dams, and competition between capitalist west and communist east over funding that provided recipient countries with a certain amount of bargaining leverage. The liberal order, in contrast, emphasized "structural development" and "good governance" in pursuit of liberalization of trade, reducing the role of the state in the economy, and improving the climate for private sector enterprises, as well as the absence of the competition dynamics after the collapse of the Soviet Union (and prior to China's recent forays into international development). He explains these changes primarily in terms of changes in the international order, arguing that "the project of international development has always been integral to international order since at least 1945, and how it has changed helps us see how the international order has changed." It also, he argues, is a key factor in how developing countries fit into the international order and thus is a major factor in international politics that must be understood as such. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
David Williams is Lecturer in International Politics, Head of Department, Centre for International Politics, City University, UK. He was previously Lecturer in International Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University.
