Offering a clear and logical analysis of the panoply of European Union aid policies and a theoretically informed evaluation of their operation, Patrick Holden contends that the major thrust of EU aid policy is an effort to augment the EU's structural power through targeted political and economic liberalization. Although historically grounded, this book concentrates on EU aid to key world regions in the 21st century. As such, it provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking account of EU aid policy and will be of interest to a wide range of academics, students and policy makers.

Patrick Holden is a Lecturer in International Relations in the Politics and International Relations Subject Group, Faculty of Business and Social Science, University of Plymouth, UK.

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Theoretical and Methodological Framework; Chapter 2 A Global Overview of EU Aid Policy; Chapter 3 EU Aid and Euro-Mediterranean Integration; Chapter 4 EU Aid to the New Independent States; Chapter 5 The European Development Fund in Africa; Chapter 6 'Gentle Commerce' or Structural Power? EU Aid to Emerging Markets in Latin America and Asia; Chapter 7 New Instruments, New Trajectories? The Ongoing Evolution of the EU's Aid Policy; Chapter 101 Conclusion;