The donor ‘human rights’ schizophrenia : aid cuts for human rights violations or the high costs of having good intentions

dc.contributor.advisor Schicho, Walter
dc.contributor.author Brnardić, Sunčica
dc.date.accessioned 2017-12-12T12:39:22Z
dc.date.available 2017-12-12T12:39:22Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.description Second semester University: University of Vienna en_US
dc.description.abstract This thesis is devoted to challenging the idea that human rights violations should be a reason to cut foreign aid. While the issue is regarded as a matter of individual donor policy, if any, some provisional theoretical orientation for reconsidering and reframing such a practice is discussed here, along with a call for a more thorough and observant approach to human rights both in policy formulation and associated decision-making. The aforementioned stance is formed in relation to two factors: donors’ general attitude towards human rights in their foreign aid policies, and general objections that can be made to use of conditionality in aid. A closer focus on human rights conditionality reveals inconsistencies related to recipient’s ownership in development, donor’s assumption of a judicial role, and the difficulties associated with its implementation which lead to it lowered effectiveness. Finally, the mere hypothesis of feasibility of conditionality leveraging human rights improvements is put to a test, as it seems to be unable to address the complexity of situation at stake. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/20.500.11825/379
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.25330/2268
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries EMA theses 2013/2014;9
dc.subject conditionality en_US
dc.subject democracy en_US
dc.subject development aid en_US
dc.subject human rights violations en_US
dc.title The donor ‘human rights’ schizophrenia : aid cuts for human rights violations or the high costs of having good intentions en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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