Give or Take: Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy Substitutability

• Published in: Journal of peace research Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 5 - 26
• Main Authors: Palmer, Glenn, Wohlander, Scott B., Morgan, T. Clifton
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Sage Publications 01.01.2002; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Alliances; Conflict; Data analysis; Economic aid; Foreign Aid; Foreign Policy; Humanitarian aid; International development; International Relations; Military alliances; Military spending; Modeling; Peace studies; Power; State; State Power; Theory; Variable coefficients; War

The article attempts to explain state donations of foreign aid with the application of a general theory of foreign policy. This places foreign aid within the context of a state's creation of a foreign-policy portfolio. The general theory is based upon the assumption that states pursue two goods...