The Politics of Economic Power in Southern Africa

✍ Scribed by Ronald T. Libby

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 386
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; 808
• Edition: Course Book
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book questions the notion that South Africa can exert effective political leverage over its economically dependent neighbors while itself remaining free of regional influences.

Originally published in 1987.

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✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
LIST OF MAPS
LIST OF TABLES
FOREWORD
PREFACE
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE. The Development of the Southern African Regional Economy
CHAPTER TWO. State Strategies and Political Division: South Africa and Zimbabwe
CHAPTER THREE. Urban Threat and Defensive State Strategies: Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
CHAPTER FOUR. Bolstering State Power through Regional Inputs: Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia
CHAPTER FIVE. Marginal State Involvement in the Regional Economy: Tanzania and Zaire
CHAPTER SIX. Namibia's Preindependence Transitional Mode of Involvement
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX