EU development cooperation : From model to symbol / ed. by Karin Arts, Anna Dickson, Anna K. Dickson.

Front matter -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 EU development cooperation -- 2 From uniqueness to uniformity? -- 3 The unimportance of trade preferences -- 4 The ACP in the European Union's network of regional relationships -- 5 Changing European concerns -- 6 Changing interests in EU development cooperation -- 7 'Sense and sensibility' -- 8 The Commission and development policy -- 9 Conclusions -- Index

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This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. It is increasingly recognised that EU development cooperation policy has failed to meet its stated aims. In this book, Arts and Dickson ask the obvious and important question: if the policy doesn't work, why bother with it?The authors assess why EU development policy has become largely ineffective, citing among the external causal factors the liberalisation of trade, and the growing influence of US and international actors such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund upon EU policy. It also considers contributing factors within the EU such as the enlargement of its membership and the resulting shifts in priorities.It is this analysis of internal and external factors affecting the decline of EU development policy that makes this study both innovative and unique. It brings together an impressive range of contributors from different disciplines resulting in a thorough and intelligent assessment of the debate.This study will appeal to advanced level undergraduates and academics of European politics in general, EU integration, development studies, and International Relations.

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