Democratizing Foreign Policy? - Lessons from South Africa

In Democratizing Foreign Policy? Lessons from South Africa fifteen established and emerging scholars use South Africa as a case study to assess the extent to which democratic consolidation can be translated into the realm of foreign policy. Contributors discuss the South African Community as an arena of transnational democracy, the impact of European Union trade policy, and the significance of South Africa's controversial 'arms deals' as they explore the opportunities and constraints facing recently democratized societies in the Southern Hemisphere. This book provides a broad ranging assessment of the opportunities and challenges involved in opening the process of foreign policy making to civil society and the need to do so if the developing world is to better manage the complexities of globalization.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Democracy and 'Policies Beyond the State' Chapter 2 International Causes and Consequences of South Africa's Democratization Chapter 3 The Democratization of South African Foreign Policy: Critical Reflections on an Untouchable Subject Chapter 4 Democracy, Participation, and Foreign Policy Making in South Africa Chapter 5 Civil Society and Foreign Policy Chapter 6 Women and the Making of South Africa's Foreign Policy Chapter 7 Labor, Social Movements, and South Africa's Foreign Economic Policy Chapter 8 The Democratization of Trade Policy- The SA-EU Trade, Development, and Cooperation Agreement Chapter 9 Democracy, Development, Security, and South Africa's 'Arms Deal' Chapter 10 The Challenge of Transnational Democracy and the Southern African Development Community Chapter 11 Democratic Participation in Foreign Policy and Beyond: An Outline of Options

About the author

Edited by Philip Nel and van der Janis Westhuizen - Contributions by David R. Black; Patrick Bond; Talitha Bertelsmann-Scott; Peirre du Toit; Kristen Johnsen; Audie Klotz; Garth le Pere; Yolande Sadie; Maxi Schoeman; Ian Taylor; Janis van der Westhuizen;

Product details

• Assisted by: Philip Nel (Editor), Nel Philip (Editor), Janis Van Der Westhuizen (Editor), Janis van der Westhuizen (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2003
• EAN: 9780739105856
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0585-6
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 519 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, International Relations, Republic of South Africa, Central / national / federal government policies, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Central government policies