New perspectives on international party assistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6253937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lise Storm (0000-0002-8696-485X, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1097-1115 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Democratization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13510347.2022.2033226 |
| OpenAlex | W4210870698 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
With its micro-level perspective, this article addresses a gap in the literature on democracy support. The study focuses on the analysis of eight national international party assistance (IPA) providers and their penchant for tame, regime-compatible support, based on data gathered in more than fifty qualitative interviews with practitioners, experts, policymakers and government analysts over a 4-year period (2015–2018). Structured around the four factors that distinguish national IPA providers – objectives, organizational model, financial scale and modes of intervention – as well as provider age, the analysis centres on the role played by survival-seeking behaviour when providers opt for tame assistance, with a view to identify variation between the vulnerable and less vulnerable NGOs. The study finds that, while survival-seeking behaviour often plays a role, it is frequently not the main factor driving tame assistance, even amongst those providers whose survival is most at stake. Rather, drivers of tame assistance vary from case to case, habitually involving one or more of the following factors: institutional set-up, branding and growth. Thus, if the sector is to move away from tame assistance, we need to look beyond macro-level factors and also focus on ameliorating institutional constraints and the factors that shape agency at the micro-level
Agency (philosophy · Business · Focus group · Government (linguistics · Intervention (counseling · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Political Conflict and Governance · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Psychology · Public Administration · Marketing
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America's Liberal Grand Strategy
Aid and authoritarianism in Africa
Democracy Promotion
Political Aid and Arab Activism
Aiding Democracy Abroad
Explaining the Patterns of the Gulf Monarchies' Assistance after the Arab Uprisings
Making good on donors’ desire to Do Development Differently
Uncharted Journey
The Effects of U.S. Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building, 1990–2003
Problems of party assistance in hybrid regimes
The noble west and the dirty rest? Western democracy promoters and illiberal regional powers
The potential and pitfalls of collaborating with development organizations and policy makers in Africa
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |