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Sovereignty matters: Africa, donors, and the aid relationship / William Brown in African Affairs, Vol. 112/447 (2013)
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Titre : Sovereignty matters: Africa, donors, and the aid relationship Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : William Brown, Auteur Année de publication : 2013 Article en page(s) : 262-282 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : This article critiques the predominant opinion that aid undermines the sovereignty of African states. This claim implies not only that a recipient state's policy autonomy is curtailed by development assistance, but also more fundamentally that the politico-legal independence of the state itself is being challenged. While the former is often the case, the latter is not. Drawing a conceptual and analytical distinction between sovereignty as a right to rule and national control over policy and outcomes, the article develops a more accurate identification of the areas in which aid, as a particular form of external influence, does and does not have an impact on recipient states. It argues that sovereignty as a right to rule constitutes the very basis of the aid relationship, and endows African states with the agency with which to contest the terms of aid deals. The article thus provides a new reading of the politics of aid and, by reasserting the centrality of sovereignty as an organizing institution in contemporary aid relations, supports rather than questions the relevance of the discipline of International Relations to African studies.
in African Affairs > Vol. 112/447 (2013) . - 262-282[article] Sovereignty matters: Africa, donors, and the aid relationship [texte imprimé] / William Brown, Auteur . - 2013 . - 262-282.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in African Affairs > Vol. 112/447 (2013) . - 262-282
Résumé : This article critiques the predominant opinion that aid undermines the sovereignty of African states. This claim implies not only that a recipient state's policy autonomy is curtailed by development assistance, but also more fundamentally that the politico-legal independence of the state itself is being challenged. While the former is often the case, the latter is not. Drawing a conceptual and analytical distinction between sovereignty as a right to rule and national control over policy and outcomes, the article develops a more accurate identification of the areas in which aid, as a particular form of external influence, does and does not have an impact on recipient states. It argues that sovereignty as a right to rule constitutes the very basis of the aid relationship, and endows African states with the agency with which to contest the terms of aid deals. The article thus provides a new reading of the politics of aid and, by reasserting the centrality of sovereignty as an organizing institution in contemporary aid relations, supports rather than questions the relevance of the discipline of International Relations to African studies.