A Political Theory of Foreign Aid

Bibliographic Data

ID3765296
AuthorsHans J Morgenthau (University of Chicago, corresponding author), Hans Morgenthau
Year1962
Volume56
Issue2
Pages301-309
Publication date1962-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1952366
OpenAlexW1963561973
LanguageEN
Citations received185

Of the seeming and real innovations which the modern age has introduced into the practice of foreign policy, none has proven more baffling to both understanding and action than foreign aid. The very assumption that foreign aid is an instrument of foreign policy is a subject of controversy. For, on the one hand, the opinion is widely held that foreign aid is an end in itself, carrying its own justification, both transcending, and independent of, foreign policy. In this view, foreign aid is the fulfillment of an obligation of the few rich nations toward the many poor ones. On the other hand, many see no justification for a policy of foreign aid at all. They look at it as a gigantic boon-doggle, a wasteful and indefensible operation which serves neither the interests of the United States nor those of the recipient nations

Action (physics · Economics · Foreign policy · Foreign policy analysis · Foreign relations · International trade · Law and economics · Obligation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Subject (documents · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law

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