The World Food Programme

A case of benign US policy?1

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12348024
AutoresSandy Ross (Associated Press, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen61
Número2
Páginas267-281
Fecha de publicación2007-05-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Journal Of International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1035-7718 • E-ISSN: 1465-332X
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10357710701358394
OpenAlexW1994996089
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas22

The World Food Programme (WFP) is currently the largest and arguably one of the most successful of the United Nations Special Agencies, yet there has been little examination of it by international relations scholars since the early 1990s. This article seeks to analyse the normative and political characteristics of the WFP which have contributed to its effectiveness. Among its most significant findings is that American agricultural interests, interpreted through the prism of domestic political norms, have dovetailed with ‘feed-the-hungry’ norms that are projected and implemented by the WFP, resulting in the strong support of the United States for the WFP. This support undermines the perception, promoted by some critics, that the UN is incapable of acting in ways that are compatible with the national interests of the United States and other significant member-states who inherently pursue ‘national interests’ in institutional environments

International relations · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prism · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies