Media, Bureaucracies, and Foreign Aid A Comparative Analysis of United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Japan

by Van Belle, Douglas A.; Rioux, Jean-Sébastien; Potter, David M.

• ISBN13: 9781403962843
• ISBN10: 1403962847
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-03
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This is the first sustained comparative examination of the importance of media attention on the provision of economic assistance, suggesting that the news media is an important medium for policy makers to gauge potential domestic political pressures and thus the need to be responsive and even anticipatory in addressing problems real or perceived. Particular attention is paid to the responsiveness of bureaucracies, long held to among the most insulated institutions of government. Cross-national in scope, this book looks at the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Japan, facilitating a nuanced understanding of the interaction of international and domestic politics as mediated by the media.

Author Biography

Douglas A. Van Belle is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. Jean-STbastien Rioux is Canada Research Chair in International Security, and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Laval University. David M. Potter is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Foreign Aid, News Media and Bureaucracies

News Media Coverage and US Development Aid

News Media Coverage and British Development Aid

News Media Coverage and French Development Aid

News Media Coverage and Japanese Development Aid

News Media Coverage and Canadian Development Aid

News Media Coverage and US Disaster Aid

Alternative Explanations, Political Actors, Indexing, Spuriousness

Conclusions