Correspondence of Alfred Marshall Economist or Very Political Economy

Correspondence of Alfred Marshall, Economist: Volume 2, At the Summit, 1891-1902

Author: Alfred Marshall

This is the second of a three-volume work constituting a comprehensive, scholarly edition of the correspondence of the English economist, Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), one of the leading figures in the development of economics and the founder of the Cambridge School of Economics. The edition fills a long-standing gap in the history of economic thought with hitherto unpublished material. Students will find it a basic resource for understanding the development of economics and other social sciences in the period since
1870. In particular, it provides much new information about Marshall's views on economic, social and political issues, his struggles to promote the teaching of economics at the University of Cambridge, and his relations with colleagues in Cambridge and elsewhere. Marshall's letters are notable for their frankness and spontaneity.

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Very Political Economy: Peacebuilding and Foreign Aid in the West Bank and Gaza

Author: Rex Brynen

Well over $2 billion in international aid has flowed into the West Bank and Gaza since the signing of the Oslo Accord in 1993. Some critics charge that the money has simply vanished into a “sink-hole” of corruption, swallowed up by a cumbersome bureaucracy run by the Palestinian Authority. Rex Brynen takes a different view, based on extensive research in the Middle East and donor countries that includes hundreds of candid interviews and wide access to previously inaccessible documentation. A Very Political Economy spares no political sensitivities in its dissection of the aid process, but also argues persuasively that without international assistance there would have been no Palestinian Authority left to negotiate with, and no peace process to revive.

Brynen first outlines the general challenges presented by international donor assistance. Within that framework, he then examines the underdeveloped economic condition of the West Bank and Gaza under Israeli occupation, the mobilization and coordination of donor assistance after Oslo, and the delivery and allocation of aid up to the late 1990s. Finally, Brynen compares the Palestinian experience with the record of foreign aid elsewhere and offers general insights into the complex relationship between foreign aid and peacebuilding.

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Some say that the over two billion dollars in international aid that has flowed into the West Bank and Gaza since the Oslo Accord was signed in 1993, has just seeped into the sands of corruption and cumbersome bureaucracy. Brynan (political science, McGill U.) argues that without that aid, there would have been no Palestinian Authority to negotiate with. He describes the underdeveloped economic condition of those areas under Israeli occupation, the mobilization and coordination of donor assistance, and the delivery and allocation of aid up to the late 1990s. Drawing from there and other examples, he considers the relationship between foreign aid and peacebuilding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)