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Book Review: In Search of Structural Power: EU Aid Policy as a Global Political Instrument , by Patrick Holden. (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2009)

Book Review: In Search of Structural Power: EU Aid Policy as a Global Political Instrument , by... Patrick Holden, In Search of Structural Power: EU Aid Policy as a Global Political Instrument (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2009), ISBN 07-5467-333-2 (hbk), GBP55.00 (hbk), 240pp. Patrick Holden's new book builds upon his preceding research on the financial assistance towards the Mediterranean under the MEDA programme, framed within the concepts of democratization and civilian power. Although there are numerous studies on the effectiveness and the impact of aid in general, theoretical contributions explaining the aid policy of the Union are rather limited. Most literature focuses on the dichotomy between the interests of the EU and the needs of the recipient countries in explaining aid policy, based on the standard article of Robert McKinlay and Richard Little. Authors like Paul Bowles, Constantine Tsoutsoplides, Michael Anyadike Danes, and Enzo Grilli and Markus Riess used multivariate regression to unravel the EU's patterns of aid allocation. The conclusion is usually that both determinants play an important role, although it is impossible to say which is exactly the decisive factor. An exception to this literature is the work of John Ravenhill on clientelism, but his book is confined to the relations between the EU and the ACP countries. This new contribution to the understanding of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Foreign Affairs Review Kluwer Law International

Book Review: In Search of Structural Power: EU Aid Policy as a Global Political Instrument , by Patrick Holden. (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2009)

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European Foreign Affairs Review , Volume 14 (2) – Apr 1, 2009
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Patrick Holden, In Search of Structural Power: EU Aid Policy as a Global Political Instrument (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2009), ISBN 07-5467-333-2 (hbk), GBP55.00 (hbk), 240pp. Patrick Holden's new book builds upon his preceding research on the financial assistance towards the Mediterranean under the MEDA programme, framed within the concepts of democratization and civilian power. Although there are numerous studies on the effectiveness and the impact of aid in general, theoretical contributions explaining the aid policy of the Union are rather limited. Most literature focuses on the dichotomy between the interests of the EU and the needs of the recipient countries in explaining aid policy, based on the standard article of Robert McKinlay and Richard Little. Authors like Paul Bowles, Constantine Tsoutsoplides, Michael Anyadike Danes, and Enzo Grilli and Markus Riess used multivariate regression to unravel the EU's patterns of aid allocation. The conclusion is usually that both determinants play an important role, although it is impossible to say which is exactly the decisive factor. An exception to this literature is the work of John Ravenhill on clientelism, but his book is confined to the relations between the EU and the ACP countries. This new contribution to the understanding of

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Published: Apr 1, 2009

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