Gordon D Cumming
Biographic Data
| ID | 6177541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gordon D Cumming |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gordon D |
| FAMILY NAME | Cumming |
| SIGNATURE | CUMMING G D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
France’s debt-for-development contracts: From blame avoidance to credit claiming
At the dawn of the new millennium, Northern states rallied around the need for unprecedented measures to write off African debt, particularly targeting Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. France stood apart from this collective trend, choosing not to cancel but to convert this debt via debt-for-development contracts (the so-called C2D). When faced with a backlash over this decision, France responded by deploying blame avoidance strategies. But how d…
Histoire de l'Agence française de développement en Côte d'Ivoire, by François Pacquement Paris: Karthala, 2015. Pp. 253. €25 (pbk)
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The European Union in Sudan: A Missed Opportunity
International organisations active in Africa are often criticised for their ineffectiveness. So too is the European Union (EU), which is also accused of failing to assume a more prominent conflict management role in war-torn countries. This article examines the EU’s capacity and readiness to take on such a role in one such country, the former Republic of Sudan, home to Africa’s longest-running civil wars and the first ‘genocide’ of the 21st centu…
Europeanisation through the prism of regime complexity: The case of French aid
The challenge of isolating the impact of Europeanisation is an arduous one, which explains why analysts have preferred complex rather than parsimonious explanations of this phenomenon. Given this predilection among scholars, it is surprising that the concept of regime complexity has not been meaningfully applied in the Europeanisation literature. This article lays some initial groundwork for assessing whether regime complexity has weakened or rei…
‘A Piecemeal Approach with No Vision’: French Policy Towards Africa under Nicolas Sarkozy
In December 2007, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, welcomed Colonel Muammar Ghadafi on a state visit, even allowing the Libyan leader to plant his bedouin tent in the grounds of the Elysée Palace. Some three years later, Sarkozy was at the forefront of the NATO-led campaign against Ghadafi. This dramatic change of posture was ultimately the result of quite a specific set of circumstances: the urgency of the humanitarian situation in Benghaz…
From rivalry to partnership? Critical reflections on Anglo-French cooperation in Africa
At the December 1998 Saint-Malo summit, Britain and France promised to set aside past rivalries and work together on African issues. While brief indications were given as to possible areas of bilateral and ‘bi-multi’ cooperation, the terms and scope of this ‘partnership’ were not spelt out. Was this to involve only sporadic collaboration? Or was it to be an institutionalised partnership, such as the Franco-German tandem, or perhaps a more intuiti…
Burying the hatchet? Britain and France in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Against the background of conflict in the Great Lakes Region, the UK and France promised, at their 1998 Saint-Malo summit, to set aside rivalries and cooperate on Africa. In subsequent Anglo-French gatherings, they singled out the DRC and pledged to work together there to promote peace and tackle poverty. This article asks whether this coordination took place and whether it involved a 'deconflictualisation' of approaches, 'coincidental' cooperati…
French NGOs in the Global Era: Professionalization “Without Borders”
This article asks whether French NGOs have fallen into line with the wider trend towards professionalization that has marked the Northern nonprofit sector, most notably Anglo-American NGOs, over the last two decades or so. It shows how French NGOs, particularly those engaged in longer term development work, were characterized by militancy over the early post-colonial decades. It then demonstrates how, over the global era, the French state has enc…
British aid to Africa: A changing agenda
(1996). British aid to Africa: A changing agenda? Third World Quarterly: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 487-502
French NGOs in the Global Era: Professionalization “Without Borders”
This article asks whether French NGOs have fallen into line with the wider trend towards professionalization that has marked the Northern nonprofit sector, most notably Anglo-American NGOs, over the last two decades or so. It shows how French NGOs, particularly those engaged in longer term development work, were characterized by militancy over the early post-colonial decades. It then demonstrates how, over the global era, the French state has enc…
Europeanisation through the prism of regime complexity: The case of French aid
The challenge of isolating the impact of Europeanisation is an arduous one, which explains why analysts have preferred complex rather than parsimonious explanations of this phenomenon. Given this predilection among scholars, it is surprising that the concept of regime complexity has not been meaningfully applied in the Europeanisation literature. This article lays some initial groundwork for assessing whether regime complexity has weakened or rei…
The European Union in Sudan: A Missed Opportunity
International organisations active in Africa are often criticised for their ineffectiveness. So too is the European Union (EU), which is also accused of failing to assume a more prominent conflict management role in war-torn countries. This article examines the EU’s capacity and readiness to take on such a role in one such country, the former Republic of Sudan, home to Africa’s longest-running civil wars and the first ‘genocide’ of the 21st centu…
Burying the hatchet? Britain and France in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Against the background of conflict in the Great Lakes Region, the UK and France promised, at their 1998 Saint-Malo summit, to set aside rivalries and cooperate on Africa. In subsequent Anglo-French gatherings, they singled out the DRC and pledged to work together there to promote peace and tackle poverty. This article asks whether this coordination took place and whether it involved a 'deconflictualisation' of approaches, 'coincidental' cooperati…
British aid to Africa: A changing agenda
(1996). British aid to Africa: A changing agenda? Third World Quarterly: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 487-502
French NGOs in the Global Era: Professionalization “Without Borders”
This article asks whether French NGOs have fallen into line with the wider trend towards professionalization that has marked the Northern nonprofit sector, most notably Anglo-American NGOs, over the last two decades or so. It shows how French NGOs, particularly those engaged in longer term development work, were characterized by militancy over the early post-colonial decades. It then demonstrates how, over the global era, the French state has enc…
From rivalry to partnership? Critical reflections on Anglo-French cooperation in Africa
At the December 1998 Saint-Malo summit, Britain and France promised to set aside past rivalries and work together on African issues. While brief indications were given as to possible areas of bilateral and ‘bi-multi’ cooperation, the terms and scope of this ‘partnership’ were not spelt out. Was this to involve only sporadic collaboration? Or was it to be an institutionalised partnership, such as the Franco-German tandem, or perhaps a more intuiti…
Burying the hatchet? Britain and France in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Against the background of conflict in the Great Lakes Region, the UK and France promised, at their 1998 Saint-Malo summit, to set aside rivalries and cooperate on Africa. In subsequent Anglo-French gatherings, they singled out the DRC and pledged to work together there to promote peace and tackle poverty. This article asks whether this coordination took place and whether it involved a 'deconflictualisation' of approaches, 'coincidental' cooperati…
‘A Piecemeal Approach with No Vision’: French Policy Towards Africa under Nicolas Sarkozy
In December 2007, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, welcomed Colonel Muammar Ghadafi on a state visit, even allowing the Libyan leader to plant his bedouin tent in the grounds of the Elysée Palace. Some three years later, Sarkozy was at the forefront of the NATO-led campaign against Ghadafi. This dramatic change of posture was ultimately the result of quite a specific set of circumstances: the urgency of the humanitarian situation in Benghaz…
The European Union in Sudan: A Missed Opportunity
International organisations active in Africa are often criticised for their ineffectiveness. So too is the European Union (EU), which is also accused of failing to assume a more prominent conflict management role in war-torn countries. This article examines the EU’s capacity and readiness to take on such a role in one such country, the former Republic of Sudan, home to Africa’s longest-running civil wars and the first ‘genocide’ of the 21st centu…
Europeanisation through the prism of regime complexity: The case of French aid
The challenge of isolating the impact of Europeanisation is an arduous one, which explains why analysts have preferred complex rather than parsimonious explanations of this phenomenon. Given this predilection among scholars, it is surprising that the concept of regime complexity has not been meaningfully applied in the Europeanisation literature. This article lays some initial groundwork for assessing whether regime complexity has weakened or rei…
Histoire de l'Agence française de développement en Côte d'Ivoire, by François Pacquement Paris: Karthala, 2015. Pp. 253. €25 (pbk)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
France’s debt-for-development contracts: From blame avoidance to credit claiming
At the dawn of the new millennium, Northern states rallied around the need for unprecedented measures to write off African debt, particularly targeting Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. France stood apart from this collective trend, choosing not to cancel but to convert this debt via debt-for-development contracts (the so-called C2D). When faced with a backlash over this decision, France responded by deploying blame avoidance strategies. But how d…
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