 | Govern Like Us: U.S. Expectations of Poor Countries Subjects: Developing countries -- Politics and government; Public administration -- Developing countries; Poverty -- Political aspects -- Developing countries; Political culture -- Developing countries; Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- Western countries; Explains the origins of poor governments in the formation of the modern state system and describes the way they govern. M. A. Thomas is a lawyer and political economist who has worked as a governance specialist for foreign aid donors in some of the world's poorest countries. From 2005 until 2014, she was associate professor of international development at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University. Her articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs , the American Interest , Policy Review , International Affairs , the Journal of Modern African Studies , the European Journal of Development Research , Development and Change , and the Defense Acquisition Research Journal . |
