"In early 2010, news of the earthquake in Haiti filled the media, and images of the devastation appeared daily on television.... In this context, Rachel McClearys book took on added value as a framework for understanding the process of giving assistance to people in crisis. But the overall power of the book derives from its long view: its depiction of evolving U.S. policies for international aid and the complexities faced by the private voluntary organizations (PVOs) that often carry out these policies.... A major strength of the book lies in the authors original data and in the extensive tables and figures that make her data readily accessible to the reader....engaging, informative, and worth reading."--Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
"Rachel McCleary's well-researched book superbly documents the U.S. Government's troubling shift to predominantly for-profit contractors in implementing its twenty-billion-dollar-plus foreign aid program. Coming at a point in history when private philanthropy-charities, corporations, foundations, and religious organizations-far exceeds official aid in volume and efficiency, McCleary's Global Compassion underscores the compelling need for a new foreign aid business model."--Carol Adelman, Director, Center for Global Prosperity, Hudson Institute
"A much-needed, data-rich, contribution to our knowledge of the relationship between the state and humanitarian action."--Michael N. Barnett, Hubert Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
"A useful introduction to a complex and vital aspect of U.S. foreign policy."--Foreign Affairs
"Rachel McCleary's book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of how private voluntary organizations like CARE and Save the Children work with the U.S. government on foreign aid-as implementers, advocates, advisors, critics, and special interests for themselves, as well. Importantly, the book raises a number of sensitive issues usually little discussed like the commercialization and militarization of U.S. aid, and takes an often provocative look at the operations of the PVOs themselves. Global Compassion will be a vital part of the growing literature on U.S. foreign aid."--Carol Lancaster, Professor of Politics, Georgetown University
Review
"In early 2010, news of the earthquake in Haiti filled the media, and images of the devastation appeared daily on television.... In this context, Rachel McClearys book took on added value as a framework for understanding the process of giving assistance to people in crisis. But the overall power of the book derives from its long view: its depiction of evolving U.S. policies for international aid and the complexities faced by the private voluntary organizations (PVOs) that often carry out these policies.... A major strength of the book lies in the authors original data and in the extensive tables and figures that make her data readily accessible to the reader....engaging, informative, and worth reading."--Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
"Rachel McCleary's well-researched book superbly documents the U.S. Government's troubling shift to predominantly for-profit contractors in implementing its twenty-billion-dollar-plus foreign aid program. Coming at a point in history when private philanthropy-charities, corporations, foundations, and religious organizations-far exceeds official aid in volume and efficiency, McCleary's Global Compassion underscores the compelling need for a new foreign aid business model."--Carol Adelman, Director, Center for Global Prosperity, Hudson Institute
"A much-needed, data-rich, contribution to our knowledge of the relationship between the state and humanitarian action."--Michael N. Barnett, Hubert Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
"A useful introduction to a complex and vital aspect of U.S. foreign policy."--Foreign Affairs
"Rachel McCleary's book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of how private voluntary organizations like CARE and Save the Children work with the U.S. government on foreign aid-as implementers, advocates, advisors, critics, and special interests for themselves, as well. Importantly, the book raises a number of sensitive issues usually little discussed like the commercialization and militarization of U.S. aid, and takes an often provocative look at the operations of the PVOs themselves. Global Compassion will be a vital part of the growing literature on U.S. foreign aid."--Carol Lancaster, Professor of Politics, Georgetown University
Book Description
A sweeping account of the relationship between private voluntary organizations (PVOs) and the US federal government from 1939 to 2005
About the Author
Rachel M. McCleary is Director of the Religion, Political Economy, and Society Project at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, and Research Fellow of the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.
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