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Theory, Change and Southern Africa

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Peter Vale

    1. Stellenbosch University, South Africa

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  2. Larry A. Swatuk

    1. Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Botswana, Botswana

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  3. Bertil Oden

    1. Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. ‘IR Theory, I Presume’: an Introduction

    • Larry A. Swatuk, Peter Vale
    Pages 1-16

  3. Dissenting Tale: Southern Africa’s Search for Theory

    • Peter Vale
    Pages 17-33

  4. Realism and its Critics

    • Hussein Solomon
    Pages 34-57

  5. Unstated Places — Rereading Southern Africa

    • Michael Niemann
    Pages 58-82

  6. Regional Cooperation for Security and Development in Africa

    • Björn Hettne
    Pages 83-110

  7. International Political Economy and Southern Africa

    • Balefi Tsie
    Pages 111-147

  8. Is a Free Trade Agreement the Answer for Southern Africa? Insights from Development Economic Theory

    • Merle Holden
    Pages 148-165

  9. South African Benevolent Hegemony in Southern Africa: Impasse or Highway?

    • Bertil Odén
    Pages 166-194

  10. New Sites of Governance: Regimes and the Future of Southern Africa

    • Andre du Pisani
    Pages 195-218

  11. Critical Theory, Robert Cox and Southern Africa

    • Anthony Leysens
    Pages 219-236

  12. Feminist Theory and Security Studies in Southern Africa: Yet Another Faddish Trend?

    • Lisa Thompson
    Pages 237-265

  13. Southern Africa Through Green Lenses

    • Larry A. Swatuk
    Pages 266-293

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 294-300
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About this book

As dramatic changes unfold throughout the world, and the new millennium begins, many in South Africa have begun to ask 'what next'? The scale and pace of change have led to a feeling of powerlessness. How to cope with 'globalization', 'regionalization', a depleting ozone layer, new diseases, rampant militarization, let alone unseen structures of influence and oppression like race, class and gender? While there is no shortage of theoretical models on offer many feel that they are inadequate for the case of Southern Africa. In this book, scholars of both international relations and Southern Africa present a wide variety of thoughts on the future of the reign and the place of theory in helping us to understand the bewildering array of events characterizing the late-modern, early twenty-first century world. This book marks a 'call to theory': if Southern Africans are to overcome the divisive legacy of the past, and to move toward a more prosperous and sustainable collective future, theory must be placed at the centre of everyday life. For it is our understanding of the world that shapes both it and us.

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' Theory, Change and Southern Africa's Future breaks with orthodox international relations by making a 'call to theory'...the editors argue in this intriguing book, theory must be placed at the centre of everyday life. For it is our understanding of the world, they suggest, that shapes both it and us .' - E.C. Webster, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    Peter Vale

  • Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Botswana, Botswana

    Larry A. Swatuk

  • Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

    Bertil Oden

About the editors

ANDRE DU PISANI Dean of Social Sciences, University of Namibia BJÖRN HETTNE Director of Peace and Development, Göteborg University, Sweden MERLE HOLDEN Professor, Department of Economics and Management Sciences, University of Natal, South Africa ANTHONY LEYSENS Department of Political Science, University of Stellenbosch MICHAEL NIEMANN Associate Professor, International Studies Programme, Trinity College HUSSEIN SOLOMON Research Manager, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes LISA THOMPSON Senior Lecturer, School of Government, University of the Western Cape BALEFI TSIE Associate Professor, Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Botswana

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