Human Rights and US Foreign Aid
A Review of Quantitative Studies and Suggestions for Future Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14672763 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven C Poe (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 499 |
| Publication date | 1990-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Rights Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-0392 • E-ISSN: 1085-794X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/762497 |
| OpenAlex | W2327262478 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
In recent years social scientists have conducted several quantitative studies examining the linkage between the human rights practices of third world nations and the amounts of bilateral foreign assistance allocated to them by the United States government. As a result of this research an apparent contradiction has emerged; precious little evidence has been found to support the existence of a substantial linkage between human rights and foreign assistance, even though such a relationship is mandated by law.' If quantitative findings paint an accurate picture of reality, then laws which outwardly appear to link foreign aid to countries' human rights practices may represent little more than skillful public relations work on the part of legislators. It is impossible, however, to know how much confidence to place in such findings without a closer examination of the studies which produced them. Therefore, the first purpose of this study will be to review the quantitative literature on the linkage between human rights and foreign assistance and to reveal several methodological problems. Solutions to these problems will then be suggested, and a long-term goal for quantitative research on this linkage will be proposed
Contradiction · Epistemology · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid · Law
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How Do Political Changes Influence US Bilateral Aid Allocations? Evidence from Panel Data
Gender and generosity
The Strategic Substitution of United States Foreign Aid
Measuring the Impact of Human Rights
Competing Concerns
Holding the Line
United States foreign aid in Egypt
All the News That's Fit to Print
Post-Cold War Reflections on the Study of International Human Rights
Against polarization
The domestic determinants of US food aid policy
Aid effectiveness
Human rights and U.S. economic aid to Africa
Impact of human rights on U.S. foreign assistance to Latin America
U.S. Foreign aid in the domestic and international environments
U.S. economic aid allocation
The social science of human rights
Domestic Responses to International Pressure
Dynamic Patterns of Human Rights Practices
The Politics of Scrutiny in Human Rights Monitoring
Human Rights Abused? Terrorist Labeling and Individual Reactions to Call to Action
Measuring Mutual Dependence between State Repressive Actions
Sponsoring Democracy
Shaming and Blaming
Shame on You
Human Rights Legislation for a New South Africa's Foreign Policy
A formação do capital social na América Central
Repression of Human Rights to Personal Integrity in the 1980s
The Global Adoption of National Policies Protecting Children from Violent Discipline in Schools and Homes, 1950-2011
Transnational terrorism, US military aid, and the incentive to misrepresent
Respect for Human Rights after the End of the Cold War
| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,97 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2026 (36) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |