The Dynamics of Change in Southern Africa

The Dynamics of Change in Southern Africa
Author: Paul B. Rich
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349236179

An up to date survey of political and economic trends in the Southern African region. It brings together a well informed group of specialists who examine regional security issues, the prospect for a constitutional settlement in South Africa and the problems facing Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, the BLS territories and Namibia. The volume adopts an area studies approach and explores fresh analytical perspectives to understand change in the region in the light of the end of the Cold War and the decline of super-power involvement in its affairs.

U.S. Relations with South Africa: An Annotated Bibliography

U.S. Relations with South Africa: An Annotated Bibliography
Author: Y G-M Lulat
Publisher: Westview Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1990-12-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780813371382

A comprehensive two-volume annotated bibliography of books and monographs, journal articles, government documents, documents of nongovernmental organizations, and substantive magazine and newspaper articles published since the late nineteenth century. Annotated entries contain a short abstract, a table of contents, and information on reviews. Each volume contains an author and subject index, and a periodical is included in Volume Two. Topics covered include: US Foreign Policy; Southern Africa in US-South African Relations; Nuclear Technology and Other Sectors of Trade and Economic Relations; Education Scientific and Cultural Exchanges; African Americans and South Africa; Divestment Disinvestment and Sanctions; Divestment, Disinvestment and Sanctions; Comparative Studies. This two-volume work is part of a larger project that included publication of a nearly 700-page book titled “United States Relations with South Africa: A Critical Overview from the Colonial Period to the Present” which is a critical overview of relations between the United States and South Africa going nearly as far back as the very beginning of their inception as permanent European colonial intrusions and it not only gives attention to the importance of contributions from nonofficial actors in shaping official relations, but also considers the impact of the geopolitical location of South Africa within southern Africa, where the presence of other nations - particularly Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe - looms large.

Paris, Pretoria and the African Continent

Paris, Pretoria and the African Continent
Author: Jean-Pascal Daloz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 134925066X

France and South Africa, for two generations the premier powers on the African continent, are at a crossroads. With the ending of apartheid and the Cold War, the divisive politics of the recent past are being replaced by a new dynamism of cooperation. Analysing the nature of this complex web of economic and political association is critical to a better understanding of the future direction of this most central of relationships in Africa. Bringing together a host of noted scholars and practitioners in African international relations from both France and South Africa, this book addresses the changing nature of this relationship and its implications for the future of the continent.

Africa

Africa
Author: Air University (U.S.). Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1993
Genre: Africa
ISBN:

The Quiet Diplomacy of Liberation

The Quiet Diplomacy of Liberation
Author: Chris Landsberg
Publisher: Jacana Media
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2004
Genre: South Africa
ISBN: 9781770090286

A leading analyst of South Africa's national and foreign policy chronicles the complexities of the transition from apartheid to democracy and South Africa's current approach to diplomacy in Africa and further afield.

Africa and the North

Africa and the North
Author: Ulf Engel
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2004-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134315880

This volume discusses Africa's place in the international system, examining how the Westphalian system, in light of the impact of globalization and transnational networks, continues to play a major role in the structuring of Africa's international.

Sanctions and Honorary Whites

Sanctions and Honorary Whites
Author: Masako Osada
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2002-02-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 031301101X

This study critically examines for the first time the unlikely friendship between apartheid South Africa and non-white Japan. In the mid-1980s, Japan became South Africa's largest trading partner, while South Africa purportedly treated Japanese citizens in the Republic as honorary whites under apartheid. Osada probes the very different foreign policy-making mechanisms of the two nations and analyzes their ambivalent bilateral relations against the background of postcolonial and Cold War politics. She concludes that these diplomatic policies were adopted not voluntarily or willingly, but out of necessity due to external circumstances and international pressure. Why did Japan exercise sanctions against South Africa in spite of their strong economic ties? How effective were these sanctions? What did the sensational term honorary whites actually mean? When and how did this special treatment begin? How did South Africa get away with apparently treating the Japanese as whites but not Chinese, other Coloureds, Indians, and so forth? By using Japan's sanctions against South Africa and South Africa's honorary white treatment of the Japanese as key concepts, the author describes the development of bilateral relations during this unique era. The book also covers the fascinating historical interaction between the two countries from the mid-17th century onward.

The Opening of the Apartheid Mind

The Opening of the Apartheid Mind
Author: Heribert Adam
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2023-12-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520354761

Refusing to be governed by what is fashionable or inoffensive, Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley frankly address the passions and rationalities that drive politics in post-apartheid South Africa. They argue that the country's quest for democracy is widely misunderstood and that public opinion abroad relies on stereotypes of violent tribalism and false colonial analogies. Adam and Moodley criticize the personality cult surrounding Nelson Mandela and the accolades accorded F. W. de Klerk. They reject the black-versus-white conflict and substitute sober analysis and strategic pragmatism for the moral outrage that typifies so much writing about South Africa. Believing that the best expression of solidarity emanates from sympathetic but candid criticism, they pose challenging questions for the African National Congress and Nelson Mandela. They give in-depth coverage to political violence, the ANC-South African Communist Party alliance, Inkatha, and other controversial topics as well. The authors do not propose a solution that will guarantee a genuinely democratic South Africa. What they offer is an understanding of the country's social conditions and political constraints, and they sketch options for both a new South Africa and a new post-Cold War foreign policy for the whole of southern Africa. The importance of this book is as immediate as today's headlines.