Israeli Development Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa

Soft Power and Foreign Policy
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-63385-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 509 g

Reihe: Foreign Policy Analysis

This book deals with Israeli development aid to Sub-Saharan Africa countries as a part of Israeli foreign policy.

The analysis is framed by the concept of soft power: an assumption that development cooperation increases attractiveness of the donor and contributes to constructive bilateral and multilateral relations. Israel is a particular case of a donor, as it concentrates on technical aid and its aid is motivated by a particular set of ideological and pragmatic motives.Covering the period since the 1950s till today, the book analyses particular Israeli resources relevant for African development and the system and contents of Israeli development aid, with a particular focus on a new phenomenon of the engagement of businesses and NGOs.Zielinska explores the geopolitical context of Israeli aid for Sub-Saharan countries and the recipients’ perception of Israeli aid; asking if and how these attitudes influence the recipients’ behaviour towards Israel within their bilateral relations as well as on multilateral forums.

Contributing to the knowledge of development diplomacy as a form of expression of soft power and as a tool of foreign policy, it will be of interest to international relations’ students and faculty as well as to other people professionally dealing with Israeli foreign policies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zieli¿ska, Karolina

Zielinska, Karolina

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter 1 – Theoretical basis and key definitions Chapter 2 – Foreign policy of the State of Israel Chapter 3 – Soft power of the state of Israel as a resource for development aid and public diplomacy Chapter 4 – Israeli development aid Chapter 5 – Israeli public diplomacy Chapter 6 – Geopolitical considerations affecting Israeli relations with Sub-Saharan Africa countries Chapter 7 – International behaviours of Sub-Saharan beneficiaries Chapter 8 – Development aid to Sub-Saharan Africa countries as an element of Israeli soft-power

Über Autor(innen)

Karolina Zielinska is currently a research fellow in the Israel Research programme at the Centre for Eastern Studies in Warsaw, Poland.