Title: Rethinking Regional Security in Southern Africa
Abstract: It is quite remarkable that in spite of apartheid southern African states have developed an increasingly active and dense network of private as well as public ties that bind them together in an interdependent economic, political and cultural system. The rising volume of trade flows, cross-border investments, interlocking financial deals, diplomatic consultations, cultural exchanges and tourism manifests these ties. At the same time, government officials, business leaders and academic scholars have been gathering with increasing frequency in regional capitals to discuss problems of regional concern and to search for institutional frameworks for joint action. The immediate aims of this chapter are twofold: to explore security from a human perspective; and to illustrate this perspective by drawing upon case material from southern Africa. The underlying objective is to help generate an alternative debate and understanding of security and its implications for state survival in the region.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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