Media, Bureaucracies and Foreign Aid: A Comparative Analysis of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France an
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MEDIA, BUREAUCRACIES AND FOREIGN AID:A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE UNITED STATES,THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, FRANCE AND JAPAN By Douglas A.Van Belle, Jean-Sébastien Rioux and David M. Potter
MEDIA, BUREAUCRACIES AND FOREIGN AID
© Douglas A. Van Belle, Jean-Sébastien Rioux and David M. Potter, 2004 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2004 978-1-4039-6284-3 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2004 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-52713-7 DOI 10.1057/9781403973481
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Van Belle, Douglas A., 1965– Media, bureaucracies and foreign aid : a comparative analysis of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Japan / by Douglas A. Van Belle, Jean-Sébastien Rioux and David M. Potter. p. cm. (Advances in foreign policy analysis) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Economic assistance—Press coverage—Cross-cultural studies. 2. Bureaucracy—Cross-cultural studies. I. Rioux, Jean-Sébastien. II. Potter, David M., 1960– III. Title. IV. Series. HC60.V3526 2004 338.91—dc22
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CONTENTS
List of Tables Acknowledgments
vi viii
1. Introduction:The Convergence of Three Areas of Study
1
2. Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy and Bureaucratic Politics: Theories and Policy Motives
7
3. A Baseline for Further Analysis: News Media Coverage and Levels of U.S. Development Aid
35
4. A First Point of Comparison: News Coverage and British Foreign Aid
51
5. A Trusted, Elite Bureaucracy: News Coverage and French Foreign Aid
65
6. The Challenge of a Disaggregated Aid Program: News Media Coverage and Japanese Development Aid
79
7. The Multilingual Context of a Smaller Power: News Media Coverage and Canadian Development Aid
103
8. An Event-Driven Aid Program: News Media Coverage and U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
119
9. Bureaucracy, Democracy, the Media and Foreign Aid
137
Notes
147
References
157
Index
175
LIST OF TABLES
3.1 Effect of New York Times coverage on commitments of U.S. development assistance, 1985–1995 3.2 Effect of New York Times content on commitments of U.S. development assistance, 1985–1995 3.3 Effect of network television coverage on c
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