Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Politicization Phenomenon; Chapter 3 Some Elements of Economic Coercion Analysis; Chapter 4 Aid as Coercion; Chapter 5 International Institutional Law and Possible Bases for Restricting the Uses of Voting Power within the Bank; Chapter 6 Case Studies; Chapter 7 Politicizing Legislation and International Legal Standards; Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 9 Annexes; Chapter 10 Bibliography;