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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812443203321

Autore

Hentz James J

Titolo

South Africa and the logic of regional cooperation / / James J. Hentz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005

ISBN

9786612071676

1-282-07167-X

0-253-11136-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

337.1/6

Soggetti

Regionalism - Africa, Southern

African cooperation

South Africa Foreign relations 1994-

South Africa Foreign relations 1989-1994

South Africa Foreign economic relations

South Africa Economic conditions 1991-

Africa, Southern Economic integration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : defining the future - South Africa's foreign economic policy and regional cooperation in Southern Africa -- Setting the stage : South and Southern Africa, 1948-1989 -- Debating the future : regional relations in the post-apartheid era -- Ideology and the political economy of transitional South Africa -- South Africa's political economy in transition : industry and trade -- Banking, finance, monetary policy, and globalization in South Africa -- International influences and political choice in transitional South Africa -- The post-apartheid state and policy process -- Conclusion : post-apartheid South Africa's regional relations.

Sommario/riassunto

In South Africa and the Logic of Regional Cooperation, James J. Hentz                addresses changes in South Africa's strategies for regional cooperation and economic                development since its transition from apartheid to democracy. Hentz focuses on why                the new South African government continues to make regional cooperation a priority                



and what methods this dominant state uses to pursue its neighborly goals. While                providing a synthetic overview of the history of regional cooperation in southern                Africa, Hentz considers