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This title was first published in 2002: The resurgence of the
democratization movement in Africa in the post-Cold War era is
gradually replacing authoritarianism with forms of democratic
systems. These changes have put into question the traditional big
man image of African states' foreign policy and foreign
policy-making. The first book of its kind to focus on the foreign
policy-making process of Southern African countries in the era of
globalization, these instructive and rewarding case studies
contextualize the increasing involvement of other internal actors
in African states foreign policy-making process. Foreign policy
actors such as the Presidency, Ministries of Defence, Foreign
Affairs, Trade, Finance and the Intelligence Community, among
others, are examined in a comparative perspective.
Since its establishment in 1980 the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) has largely been a state driven organization, with
the people of Southern Africa, though enshrined in the treaty,
remaining observers in the SADC democratization and integration
agenda. The Southern African Development Community Treaty-Nexus:
National Constitutions, Citizen’s Sovereignty, Communication, and
Awareness, edited by Korwa Gombe Adar, Dorothy Mpabanga, Kebapetse
Lotshwao, Thekiso Molokwane, and Norbert Musekiwa, brings in the
people of Southern Africa, the key beneficiaries of the integration
agenda, in the SADC democratization and integration epistemology.
Using the new concepts of sadcness and sadcnization, this book
operationalizes from legal, communication, and awareness
perspectives, the nexus of the people of Southern Africa,
democratization, and integration in the SADC region. From legal and
communications lenses, the contributors argue that democratization
and integration are about people (citizens), the sovereigns, and
not merely the abstract actors called nation states. Using the case
studies of Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa,
and Zimbabwe, the contributors engage in this epistemology and
assess, among other things, the peoples' of Southern Africa—the
Southern Africa Development Community integration nexus.
Peoples' Agency, Popular Participation, Democratization, and
Integration in Southern African Development Community Region,
edited by Korwa Gombe Adar, Dorothy Mpabanga, Kebapetse Lotshwao,
Thekiso Molokwane, and Norbert Musekiwa, engages in the debate
associated with "the people of Southern Africa" (people of the
Region)-democratization and integration nexus envisaged in the 1980
treaty which established the Southern African Development Community
(SADC). The editors argue that for democratization and integration
to be tangibly consolidated and institutionalized, direct
involvement of the people of Southern Africa, the peoples' agency,
is paramount and would lead to what is dubbed in this book as
sadcness and sadcnization. More specifically, democratization and
integration are about people (citizens), the sovereigns, and not
merely the abstract actors called nation states. Using the case
studies of Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa,
and Zimbabwe, the contributors have, from political and public
administration dimensions, engaged in this epistemology assessing,
among other things, the peoples' of Southern Africa-the Southern
Africa Development Community integration nexus.
This title was first published in 2002: The resurgence of the
democratization movement in Africa in the post-Cold War era is
gradually replacing authoritarianism with forms of democratic
systems. These changes have put into question the traditional big
man image of African states' foreign policy and foreign
policy-making. The first book of its kind to focus on the foreign
policy-making process of Southern African countries in the era of
globalization, these instructive and rewarding case studies
contextualize the increasing involvement of other internal actors
in African states foreign policy-making process. Foreign policy
actors such as the Presidency, Ministries of Defence, Foreign
Affairs, Trade, Finance and the Intelligence Community, among
others, are examined in a comparative perspective.
The post-independence integration endeavor of the East African
Community has been punctuated with challenges, culminating into the
collapse of the 1967-1977 regional organization. The renaissance of
the integration agenda since the re-establishment of the regional
organization in 1999 has rekindled epistemological debate among
scholars and practitioners on the East African Community raison
d'etre and integration process. This volume is the first of its
kind in this ongoing debate that puts into proper context the nexus
between the East African citizens and the integration agenda.
Focusing on the Partner States case studies, the authors of the
chapters operationalize the concepts of popular participation,
eastafricanness, eastafricanization, democratization, and
integration. Using political, national constitutions and EAC
treaty, communication and awareness dimensions the authors of the
chapters have analyzed the nexus between the EACcitizens and the
integration process. The study generally proceeds from the premise
that the exclusion of the EAC citizens from exercising their
sovereign rights through popular participation undermines the
prospects for the institutionalization and consolidation of the EAC
identity, eastafricanness, eastafricanization, democratization and
integration.
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