Beschreibung:
An historically informed critique of development assistance, examining Britain's foreign aid programme in the Middle East in the 1940s and 1950s.
Introduction; 1. Britain, peasants and Pashas: debating approaches to modernization in the post-war Middle East; 2. Imperial dreams and delusions: the economics of promoting Middle East development; 3. The British Middle East Office and the abandonment of imperial approaches to modernization; 4. The British Middle East Office and the politics of modernization in Iran, 1945¿51; 5. The British Middle East Office and the politics of modernization in Iraq, 1945¿58; 6. The British Middle East Office and the politics of modernization in Jordan, 1951¿8; Conclusion.