Book Reviews : The Attack on World Poverty. Andrew Shonfeld. Chatto & Windus. 21s. Beyond the Welfare State. Gurmar Myrdal. Duckworth. 21s. Economic Aid to Underdeveloped Countries. F. Benham. Oxford University Press, for the Royal Institute of International Affairs. 12s. 6d. The Diplomacy of Economic Development. Eugene R. Black. Foreword by Christian A. Herter. Harvard University Press. London, Oxford University Press. 24s. India and the West. Barbara Ward. Hamish Hamilton. 18s. Indian Economic Policy & Development. P. T. Baner. Allen & Unwin. 16s
| Published date | 01 April 1961 |
| Date | 01 April 1961 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/004711786100200316 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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even
when
it
obviously
benefits
both
sides.
He
tends
to
ignore
the
fact
that
if
the
West is
driven
out
of
the
Middle
East
it
will
be
rather
as
a
consequence
of
the
forces
of
nationalism,
Pan
Arabism
and
economic
discontent
than
as
a
result
of
Soviet
intrigue;
and,
moreover,
that
these
forces
may
prove
just
as
much
a
danger
as
an
opportunity
to
the
U.S.S.R.
He
concludes
that &dquo; the
United
States
can
only
successfully
defend
the
Middle
East
against
Soviet
imperialism
if
it
can
find
a
basis
of
common
understanding
with
the
people
of
the
Middle
East.
The
great
difficulties
arise
out
of
fundamentally
different
ways
of
looking
at
the
same
thing
or
interpreting
the
same
words. This
goes
deeper
than
mere
misunderstand-
ing
&dquo;.
But
&dquo; we
cannot
concede
that
the
continuing
successful
defense
of
the
Middle
East
is
beyond
our
capacities
in
the
future
for
our
survival
as
a
nation
may
depend
upon
it &dquo;.
The
Attack
on
World
Poverty.
Andrew
Shonfeld.
Chatto
&
Windus.
21s.
Beyond
the
Welfare
State.
Gurmar
Myrdal.
Duckworth.
21s.
Economic
Aid
to
Underdeveloped
Countries.
F.
Benham.
Oxford
University
Press,
for
the
Royal
Institute
of
International
Affairs.
12s.
6d.
The
Diplomacy
of
Economic
Development.
Eugene
R.
Black.
Foreword
by
Christian
A.
Herter.
Harvard
University
Press.
London,
Oxford
University
Press.
24s.
India
and
the
West.
Barbara
Ward.
Hamish
Hamilton.
18s.
Indian
Economic
Policy
&
Development.
P.
T.
Baner.
Allen
&
Unwin.
16s.
Of
the
necessity
of
aiding
under-developed
countries
there
is
no
longer
any
question.
It
is
generally
assumed
not
only
that
it is
a
good
thing
in
itself
since
by
decreasing
the
misery
in
the
world
you
automatically
decrease
the
tensions
likely
to
lead
to
an
explosion,
but
that
it
is
essential
that
it
should
be
given
as
a
form
of
&dquo; diplomatic
insurance&dquo;.
In
the
present
phase
of
the
Cold
War
the
weapons
used
are
more
often
than
not
economic
and
in
the
contest
for
the
souls
of
the
under-developed
masses
all
nations
must
look
to
their
laurels.
Even
if
the
donors
of
aid
reap
no
gratitude
they
hope
for
a
greater
stability
often
at
the
price
of
political
neutrality.
The
first
four
books
listed
here
deal
with
the
general
topic
of
economic
aid
to
the
under-developed
territories.
Dr.
Myrdal’s
exposition
falls
into
two
parts.
In
the
first
he
advances
arguments
for
the
highest
degree
of
rational
national
economic
planning
in
western
industrialized
communities
and
in
the
second
he
directs
his
argu-
ments
to
the
international
plane.
He
declares
that
people
like
being
ordered
about,
regulated,
living
in
orderliness:
‘‘ We
are
all
socialists
now &dquo;:
and
free
markets,
automatic
money
controls
and
other
regulating
mechanisms
of
western
democratic
society
have
gone
by
the
board;
the
assumption
underlying
this
attitude
might
perhaps
be
called
in
question
by
the
fact
that
far
from
becoming
accustomed
to
being &dquo;
regulated &dquo;
youth
is
in
&dquo;
disorderly
&dquo; rebellion
in
most
parts
of
the
cultured
world,
a
rebellion
accompanied by
a
quite
noticeable
increase
in
rowdyism
and
crime. In
the
second
part
he
deals
with
expertise
with
the
most
outstanding
problems
emerging
on
the
international
plane-the
stafhng
of
international
economic
bodies
conflicts
of
power
between
the
less
developed
economic
sovereignties
and
the
more
developed
bodies
giving
the
aid,
and
the
continual
tension
between
economic
nationalism
and
economic
internationalisation.
He
has,
however,
nothing
to
say
on
such
points
as
the
question
of
aid
v
trade,
of
securing
western
private
investment,
the
marketing
of
primary
supplies
without
upsetting
established
world
markets-say
in
wheat-and
the
prob-
lem
of
the
shortage
of
technical
staffs.
Mr.
Shonfeld
is
much
more
down
to
earth.
He
is
concerned
with
the
immediate
economics
of
development
and
how
best
to
foster
it
by
external
aid.
The
study
on
which
this
book
is
based
was
financed
by
the
Ford
Foundation.
As
Economic
Editor
of
the
Observer
his
knowledge
of
the
subject
is
extensive,
and
as
a
socialist
he
is
objective
about
the
political
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