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Introduction / Iliana Olivié, and Aitor Pérez Part -- I. Aid in the framework of international relations theories -- 1. The politics of aid from the perspective of international relations theories / Bernabé Malacalza -- Foreign aid’s motivations : theoretical arguments and empirical evidence / Gino N. Pauselli -- II. The politics of donors’ aid policies, a country-based approach -- The U.S. elite consensus on aid / Henry de Cazotte -- The UK : an aid superpower at a crossroads / Myles Wickstead -- The Scandinavians : aid policy determinants and performances / Olav Stokke -- Japanese development assistance : economic and political win-win proposals / Marie Söderberg -- Spain : the rise and fall of a compliant donor / Iliana Olivié and Aitor Pérez -- While the cat’s away, will the mice play? Government-NGO relations and the politics of aid in Hungary / Krisztina Szabó, Balázs Szent-Iványi and András Tétényi -- Brazilian cooperation policy : promotion of development and global projection / Guillermo Santander -- Solidarity and security in the EU discourse on aid -- Iliana Olivié and Aitor Pérez -- III. Thematic agendas -- Donorship in a state of flux / Nilima Gulrajani, and Liam Swiss -- The international politics of aid : ‘good governance’ and democracy promotion / David Williams -- Gender inequality, aid agencies, and global norms / Lars Engberg-Pedersen -- Old and new powers in development assistance in health / Eduardo Missoni and Fabrizio Tediosi -- ‘We first’ and the anti-foreign aid narratives of populist radical-right parties in Europe / Margarita Gómez-Reino.