After the collapse of the Soviet Union Eastern European countries were said to be playing
catch up with the West and in the field of development cooperation they were classified as
'new donors.' This book aims to problematize this distinction between old and new development
donors applying an East-West dimension to global Orientalism discourse. The book uses a novel
double postcolonial perspective examining North - South relations and East-West relations
simultaneously and problematizing these distinctions. In particular the book deploys an
empirical analysis of a 'new' Eastern European donor (Slovakia) compared with an 'old' donor
(Austria) in order to explore questions around hierarchization depoliticization and the
legitimization of development. This book's innovative approach to the East-West dimension of
global Orientalism will be of interest to researchers in postcolonial studies Eastern European
studies and critical development studies.
