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Anhand der Fallbeispiele Indien, Brasilien und Südafrika untersuchtDana de la Fontaine die entwicklungspolitische Rolle sogenannterEmerging Donors seit den 1990er Jahren. Die Autorin beantwortetdie Frage, inwiefern die Ausweitung der Süd-Süd-Geberaktivitätenauf das Agieren bestimmter institutioneller Akteure auf nationalerEbene in diesen Ländern zurückgeführt werden kann. Gleichzeitigwird danach gefragt, aufgrund welcher Interessenslagen sich dieseAkteure für eine Ausweitung der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit eingesetzt haben. Aus theoretischer Sicht wird schließlich analysiert, ob diese Prozesse als ein außenpolitischer Wandel zu verstehen sind.

This comprehensive work—relevant to the major issue of the relation of social knowledge to political power—argues for strengthening the role of the social sciences in the federal government. It calls for a central organization for the social sciences and for better integration of research within the federal agencies. It underscores the various factors that might help to bring about this goal.

The main theme of these lectures is man's struggle to understand himself as a social being. The author argues that the chief inspiration for this effort, insofar as it has been successful, has been the rationalist philosophy of physical science, and that constructive social science has been based on this philosophy rather than upon theology and ethical philosophy. He goes on to discuss the major problems confronting man in his attempts to come to grips with the modern social world - problems of social and political organization, of equality and aspiration, of intellect and reason - and ends with a plea for liberalism and rationalism as the political and intellectual foundations of freedom and progress. This fascinating and thought-provoking apology for liberalism and the social scientist will be valuable reading for anyone interested in problems facing them both today.