Development Cooperation as a Soft Power Tool: A case study of Slovakia & Kenya
(2018) SIMV29 20181Department of Political Science
Graduate School
Master of Science in Development Studies
- Abstract
- Slovakia has as a small state in the Central Europe gone through two types of
transformations. First was from socialism to democracy, accompanied by
various reforms, the second from an aid recipient to an aid donor. These
experiences have, naturally, shaped Slovakia's identity, ideas and interests.
Slovakia has gradually built up close bilateral development cooperation with
Kenya, which figures as its program country. Using the 'comparative
advantage' of the transformation experience in the development cooperation
policies, combined with knowledge transfer as well as an increasing
involvement of business entities, as soft power tools of its foreign policy,
Slovakia seems to have followed two main goals, one of advancing of the
... (More) - Slovakia has as a small state in the Central Europe gone through two types of
transformations. First was from socialism to democracy, accompanied by
various reforms, the second from an aid recipient to an aid donor. These
experiences have, naturally, shaped Slovakia's identity, ideas and interests.
Slovakia has gradually built up close bilateral development cooperation with
Kenya, which figures as its program country. Using the 'comparative
advantage' of the transformation experience in the development cooperation
policies, combined with knowledge transfer as well as an increasing
involvement of business entities, as soft power tools of its foreign policy,
Slovakia seems to have followed two main goals, one of advancing of the
economic agenda, and one of making itself more visible in the donor
community and acquiring certain prestige. (Less)
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- author
- Mockova, Denisa LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMV29 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- soft power, development cooperation, small states, foreign policy, social constructivism, Kenya, Slovakia
- language
- English
- id
- 8944123
- date added to LUP
- 2018-06-27 12:19:26
- date last changed
- 2018-06-27 12:19:26
@misc{8944123, abstract = {{Slovakia has as a small state in the Central Europe gone through two types of transformations. First was from socialism to democracy, accompanied by various reforms, the second from an aid recipient to an aid donor. These experiences have, naturally, shaped Slovakia's identity, ideas and interests. Slovakia has gradually built up close bilateral development cooperation with Kenya, which figures as its program country. Using the 'comparative advantage' of the transformation experience in the development cooperation policies, combined with knowledge transfer as well as an increasing involvement of business entities, as soft power tools of its foreign policy, Slovakia seems to have followed two main goals, one of advancing of the economic agenda, and one of making itself more visible in the donor community and acquiring certain prestige.}}, author = {{Mockova, Denisa}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Development Cooperation as a Soft Power Tool: A case study of Slovakia & Kenya}}, year = {{2018}}, }