ISBN: 978-1-58826-115-1 $65.00 | ||
2002/251 pages/LC: 2002029167 A related title: From Cape to Congo: Southern Africa's Evolving Security edited by Mwesiga Baregu and Christopher Landsberg. |
Vale argues that, despite South Africa's manipulation of state structures and elites in the region for its own ends, the suffering endured under the apartheid regime drew the region together at the popular level; and economic factors, such as the use of migrant labor, reinforced the process of integration. Exploring how the region is changing today—as transnational solidarity and a single regional economy remove the distinctions between national and international politics—he asks whether South African domination can finally be overcome and considers what sort of cosmopolitan political arrangement will be appropriate for southern Africa in the new century.
"Peter Vale has written a powerful book, denouncing the dominant state-centric conception of security in South Africa."—Howard P. Lehman, Africa Today
"A challenging and interesting contribution to the literature on security in southern Africa, which succeeds in broadening the debate about the region's possible futures."— Rita Abrahamsen, Journal of Modern African Studies
"A challenging, stimulating, and important work, incorporating a profound critique of South African approaches to security-making both before and after the demise of apartheid.... Vale offers some intriguing pointers toward a different and more hopeful vision of community and security in the region."—David Black, Dalhousie University