Development, Inc.? The EEC, Britain, Post-Colonial Overseas Development Aid, and Business
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9624323 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Véronique Dimier (Université Libre de Bruxelles, corresponding author), Sarah Stockwell (King's College London) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 513-546 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007680523000375 |
| OpenAlex | W4387303030 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
This article assesses the “business of development” in the post-colonial age, when bilateral and multilateral aid regimes offered businesses new opportunities. It uses the case study of Britain and the European Economic Community (EEC), from Britain's accession to the EEC in 1973 to the early 1980s, to demonstrate that the British government viewed multilateral aid instruments, in particular the European Development Fund (EDF), as offering commercial opportunities for British firms. Based on records of the EEC, business associations, and the French and British states, the article analyzes business-state relationships between national governments, corporations, and supranational institutions. As the UK government tried to redirect EEC aid toward places where its firms had the most to gain, it met the opposition of other member states and European institutions as well as the disinterest of its own businesses
Accession · Business · Colonialism · Economic community · Economics · Economy · European community · European union · Government (linguistics · International trade · Member states · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · State Capitalism and Financial Governance
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Foreign Aid
Internationalism in the Age of Nationalism
The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy
Les courtiers du capitalisme
An evaluation of the economic effects of the aid and trade provision
Managing British Colonial and Post-Colonial Development
The Vast and Unsolved Enigma of Power”
Agents of Integration
Bringing Economic Interests Back into the Study of EU Trade Policy-Making
The Commonwealth, the Balance of Payments and the Politics of International Poverty
Unintentional neo-colonialism? Three generations of trade and development relationship between EU and West Africa
The first Lomé Convention between the EEC and ACP group revisited
Organization and Nationality in the European Commission Services
Africa and the Ideology of Eurafrica
Europe and Africa
British aid and international trade
Britain's overseas aid since 1979
The Business of Decolonization
Business history and European integration
The collapse of the French Shipyard of Dunkirk and EEC state-aid control (1977–86)
Setting the Agenda for a New Europe
Bringing Africa as a ‘Dowry to Europe
Neo-Colonialism
Theories of International Cooperation
Budget support and Africa–European Union relations
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |