Pragmatic internationalism: public opinion on South Africa's role in the world

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dc.contributor.authorvan der Westhuizen, Janis
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-06T10:18:36Z
dc.date.available2016-09-06T10:18:36Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis report of a public opinion survey on South Africa’s foreign policy did not attempt to gauge South Africans’ knowledge about specific issues in international politics, but rather their underlying attitudes, specifically their foreign policy postures. After providing a brief overview of the scholarly debates about the role of public opinion in foreign policy analysis, we contextualise the nature and methodological approach of the survey. Thereafter we organise the article according to three key themes that illuminate ‘ordinary’ South Africans’ foreign policy postures and how South Africans view their country’s international identity. These themes include, first, debates about what the purpose of our foreign policy should be; second, the country’s international role; and third, who South Africans consider to be our allies and role models. Finally, we distil possible patterns emerging from the survey into a posture that we relate to two concepts: ‘pragmatic internationalism’, and a ‘middle power role’.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationvan der Westhuizen, J., & Smith, K. (2015). Pragmatic internationalism: public opinion on South Africa's role in the world. <i>Journal of Contemporary African Studies</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21680en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationvan der Westhuizen, Janis, and Karen Smith "Pragmatic internationalism: public opinion on South Africa's role in the world." <i>Journal of Contemporary African Studies</i> (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21680en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationvan der Westhuizen, J. & Smith, K. (2015). Pragmatic internationalism: public opinion on South Africa's role in the world. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 33(3), 318-347.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-9001en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - van der Westhuizen, Janis AU - Smith, Karen AB - This report of a public opinion survey on South Africa’s foreign policy did not attempt to gauge South Africans’ knowledge about specific issues in international politics, but rather their underlying attitudes, specifically their foreign policy postures. After providing a brief overview of the scholarly debates about the role of public opinion in foreign policy analysis, we contextualise the nature and methodological approach of the survey. Thereafter we organise the article according to three key themes that illuminate ‘ordinary’ South Africans’ foreign policy postures and how South Africans view their country’s international identity. These themes include, first, debates about what the purpose of our foreign policy should be; second, the country’s international role; and third, who South Africans consider to be our allies and role models. Finally, we distil possible patterns emerging from the survey into a posture that we relate to two concepts: ‘pragmatic internationalism’, and a ‘middle power role’. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Contemporary African Studies KW - South Africa KW - foreign policy KW - public opinion KW - participation LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 SM - 0258-9001 T1 - Pragmatic internationalism: public opinion on South Africa's role in the world TI - Pragmatic internationalism: public opinion on South Africa's role in the world UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21680 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21680
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationvan der Westhuizen J, Smith K. Pragmatic internationalism: public opinion on South Africa's role in the world. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21680.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)en_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceJournal of Contemporary African Studiesen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjca20/current
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectforeign policy
dc.subjectpublic opinion
dc.subjectparticipation
dc.titlePragmatic internationalism: public opinion on South Africa's role in the worlden_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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