Democratizing Foreign Policy? Lessons from South Africa

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

• ISBN13: 9780739105856
• ISBN10: 073910585X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-25
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Democracy and ``Policies beyond the State''	1	(182)
Philip Nel
Janis van der Westhuizen
International Causes and Consequences of South Africa's Democratization	13	(10)
Audie Klotz
The Democratization of South African Foreign Policy: Critical Reflections on an Untouchable Subject	23	(16)
Ian Taylor
Democracy, Participation, and Foreign Policy Making in South Africa	39	(24)
Philip Nel
Jo-Ansie van Wyk
Kristen Johnsen
Civil Society and Foreign Policy	63	(18)
Garth le Pere
Brendan Vickers
Women and the Making of South Africa's Foreign Policy	81	(16)
Maxi Schoeman
Yolande Sadie
Labor, Social Movements, and South Africa's Foreign Economic Policy	97	(26)
Patrick Bond
The Democratization of Trade Policy---The SA-EU Trade, Development, and Cooperation Agreement	123	(14)
Talitha Bertelsmann-Scott
Democracy, Development, Security, and South Africa's ``Arms Deal''	137	(20)
David R. Black
The Challenge of Transnational Democracy and the Southern African Development Community	157	(12)
Pierre du Toit
Democratic Participation in Foreign Policy and Beyond: An Outline of Options	169	(14)
Janis van der Westhuizen
Philip Nel
Bibliography	183	(20)
Index	203	(22)
About the Contributors	225