Problems, politics, and policy streams: A reconsideration US foreign aid behavior toward Africa

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 797-821

  Travis, Rick ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEVELOPMENT AID; FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AID; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL RELATIONS; VALUATION;

AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956420473     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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