LEADER 03405nam 22005411 450 001 9910154881903321 005 20140917135449.0 010 $a0-7556-1922-6 010 $a0-85772-371-5 010 $a0-85773-579-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755619221 035 $a(CKB)4340000000018666 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4751258 035 $a(OCoLC)960711407 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09265166 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000018666 100 $a20200603d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aInside South Africa's foreign policy $ediplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki /$fJohn Siko 205 $aNew paperback edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (350 pages) 225 0 $aInternational library of African studies ;$v43 311 $a1-78453-736-5 311 $a1-78076-831-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-324) and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Understanding South African Foreign Policymaking 7 -- Chapter 2: A Brief History of South African Foreign Policy 15 -- Chapter 3: Public Opinion and Pressure Groups 34 -- Chapter 4: The Press 48 -- Chapter 5: Academia 61 -- Chapter 6: Business 87 -- Chapter 7: Parliament 102 -- Chapter 8: Ruling Parties 115 -- Chapter 9: Government Departments 126 -- Chapter 10: The Prime Minister and President 143 -- Chapter 11: -- Conclusion-Room, But Not Willingness, for Engagement 158 -- Bibliography 162 -- Appendix: List of Interviews 186 -- Endnotes. 330 $a"South Africa is a major player in African diplomacy. Its economic, diplomatic and military resources far outstrip those of other nations on the continent, and it has, since the country's 1994 democratic transition, sought to take a lead role in the continent's relations with other power blocs, particularly during the 1999-2008 presidency of Thabo Mbeki. While Mbeki's push for greater African engagement in the global political sphere drew widespread praise, other positions-notably its seeming inaction toward Zimbabwe and perceived abandonment of its stated emphasis on human rights in foreignpolicy-were more controversial, both at home and abroad. John Siko has had insider access to South Africa's leading foreign policy players, and has been able to ask why Pretoria has taken its various stances and who has mattered in influencing those decisions, a topic little examined since 1994. In addition, he examines the foreign policy process over the past century, determining that despite ANC promises of greater democratic engagement on foreign policy, the process has changed quite little."--Bloomsbury publishing. 410 0$aInternational library of African studies ;$v43. 606 $aDevelopment studies$2BIC 607 $aSouth Africa$xForeign relations$y1994- 607 $aSouth Africa$xForeign relations$y20th century 607 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1948-1994 607 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1994- 615 7$aDevelopment studies. 676 $a327.6800904 676 $a327.6800904 700 $aSiko$b John$01248952 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154881903321 996 $aInside South Africa's foreign policy$92894512 997 $aUNINA