South Africa And The Logic Of Regional Cooperation

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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 the logic of cooperation more generally. An extensive discussion of South African politics provides the context for Hentz's exploration of the more widely felt effects of domestic change. Readers interested in the international organization of the politics and economy of southern Africa will find thought-provoking material in this important book.

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african studies • political science Hentz 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 the logic of cooperation more generally. An extensive discussion of South African politics provides the context for Hentz’s exploration of the more widely felt effects of domestic change. Readers interested in the international organization of the politics and economy of southern Africa will find thoughtprovoking material in this important book. James J. Hentz is Associate Professor of International Studies at the Virginia Military Institute. He is co-editor (with Morten Boas) of New and Critical Security and Regionalism: Beyond the Nation State. James J. Hentz http://iupress.indiana.edu 1-800-842-6796 Indiana South Africa and the Logic of Regional Cooperation South Africa and the Logic of Regional Cooperation James J. Hentz indiana university press bloomington and indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail [email protected] © 2005 by James J. Hentz All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. manufactured in the united states of america Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hentz, James J. South Africa and the logic of regional cooperation / James J. Hentz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34464-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-253-21721-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. South Africa—Foreign relations—1994– 2. South Africa—Foreign relations—1989– 1994. 3. South Africa—Foreign economic relations. 4. South Africa—Economic conditions—1991– 5. Regionalism—Africa, Southern. 6. Africa, Southern—Economic integration. 7. African cooperation. I. Title. DT1971.H46 2005 337.1′6—dc22 20040287