South Africa's role in the world: A public opinion survey

dc.contributor.authorvan der Westhuizen, Janis
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-03T07:35:38Z
dc.date.available2016-10-03T07:35:38Z
dc.date.issued2013-12
dc.description.abstractOver the last fifteen years, South African foreign policy has been subject to tumultuous twists and turns, as the immediate post-1994 ‘honeymoon period’ with its remarkable enunciation of a human rights centred foreign policy increasingly gave way to processes reflecting greater complexity. South Africa emerged as a leading spokesperson for the global South and, at the same time, increasingly had to assert its African identity. These factors, as well as the usual rough-and-tumble of realpolitik in daily diplomacy, slowly eroded the premium placed on human rights under the vanguard of the Mandela presidency. In short, South African policymakers are often hard pressed and face trenchant critiques for failing to strike a balance between material demands and normative constraints. These material demands usually entail dealing with divergent constituencies clamouring for domestic expectations of redistribution on the one hand and market-led demands on the other; whilst normative constraints involve having to seek a compromise between cosmopolitanism and pan-Africanism on the other.
dc.identifier.apacitationvan der Westhuizen, J., & Smith, K. (2013). <i>South Africa's role in the world: A public opinion survey</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22058en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationvan der Westhuizen, Janis, and Karen Smith <i>South Africa's role in the world: A public opinion survey.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22058en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationvan der Westhuizen, J. & Smith, K. (2013). South Africa's role in the world: A public opinion survey. SAFPI Policy Brief No. 55.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Policy Brief AU - van der Westhuizen, Janis AU - Smith, Karen AB - Over the last fifteen years, South African foreign policy has been subject to tumultuous twists and turns, as the immediate post-1994 ‘honeymoon period’ with its remarkable enunciation of a human rights centred foreign policy increasingly gave way to processes reflecting greater complexity. South Africa emerged as a leading spokesperson for the global South and, at the same time, increasingly had to assert its African identity. These factors, as well as the usual rough-and-tumble of realpolitik in daily diplomacy, slowly eroded the premium placed on human rights under the vanguard of the Mandela presidency. In short, South African policymakers are often hard pressed and face trenchant critiques for failing to strike a balance between material demands and normative constraints. These material demands usually entail dealing with divergent constituencies clamouring for domestic expectations of redistribution on the one hand and market-led demands on the other; whilst normative constraints involve having to seek a compromise between cosmopolitanism and pan-Africanism on the other. DA - 2013-12 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - South Africa's role in the world: A public opinion survey TI - South Africa's role in the world: A public opinion survey UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22058 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationvan der Westhuizen J, Smith K. South Africa's role in the world: A public opinion survey. 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22058en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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