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2. Conceptual Framework and the Importance of Consistent Definitions

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Abstract

This chapter underscores the importance of well-defined concepts in the social sciences and introduces two important terms that are vital to the research question and book as a whole. It firstly outlines what is meant by the concept of Southern powers and explains why the study prefers this term over the more common “emerging powers.”

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Fußnoten
1
For a comprehensive and recent study on emerging powers as “new partners,” check the following publication: Sachin Chaturvedi, Thomas Fues, and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, eds., Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: New Partners or Old Patterns (London: Zed Books, 2012).
 
2
Kragelund (2008) also made this assumption in earlier research conducted on non-DAC donors in Africa, although later work pays more attention to the importance of defining their aid in a concise manner.
 
3
The Economist has published several articles on China, which constantly equate foreign investment with aid. This issue has been picked up by Brautigam in her blog.
 
4
This interpretation is clearly evident in research conducted by the Congressional Research Service on “China’s Foreign Aid Activities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.”
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Conceptual Framework and the Importance of Consistent Definitions
verfasst von
Philani Mthembu
Copyright-Jahr
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69502-0_2

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