Britain and the Politics of Modernization in the Middle East, 1945}}}1958 [Hardcover]

An historically informed 1996 critique of development assistance, examining Britain's foreign aid programme in the Middle East in the 1940s and 1950s.In a historically informed critique of development assistance, Paul Kingston examines Britain's foreign aid programme in the Middle East in the l940s and l950s. Focusing on the debates between British experts, their American rivals, and Middle Eastern technocrats over development policy, the author raises important questions about the nature of the development process in the Middle East and Third World generally.The book will be of interest to development practitioners and to scholars in development studies, as well as to students of Middle East and imperial history.In a historically informed critique of development assistance, Paul Kingston examines Britain's foreign aid programme in the Middle East in the l940s and l950s. Focusing on the debates between British experts, their American rivals, and Middle Eastern technocrats over development policy, the author raises important questions about the nature of the development process in the Middle East and Third World generally.The book will be of interest to development practitioners and to scholars in development studies, as well as to students of Middle East and imperial history.In an historically informed critique of development assistance, Paul Kingston examines Britain's foreign aid program in the Middle East in the 1940s and 1950s. Focusing on the debates among British experts, their American rivals, and Middle Eastern technocrats over development policy, the author raises important questions about the nature of the development process in the Middle East and Third World generally. The book will be of interest to development practitioners and to scholars in development studies, as well as to students of Middle East and imperial history.Introduction; 1. Britain, peasants and Pashas: debating approaches to modernization in the post-war Middle East; 2. Imperial dreams l£µ