ABSTRACT
During the past decade, a number of analyses of politics in a global context have used the concept of ‘governance’ to grasp new developments (Held and KoenigArchibugi 2005). Governance is an increasingly popular concept not only in the social sciences but also in the context of policy-making – and particularly so in global policy networks focusing on aid to countries in the Global South. Although policy discourses often define these networks, composed of state agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), private foundations and corporations, in terms of ‘good governance’ and ‘partnership’, this chapter will focus on the impact of power relations in these networks through the case of global AIDS aid governance.
