Security community building? : an assessment of Southern African regional integration in the post-apartheid era

Lekhooa, Tumo

Title: Security community building? : an assessment of Southern African regional integration in the post-apartheid era
Creator: Lekhooa, Tumo
ThesisAdvisor: Bischoff, Paul, 1954-
Subject: South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Economic integration
Subject: National security -- Africa, Southern
Subject: Political stability -- Africa, Southern
Subject: Southern African Development Community
Date: 2006
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:2844
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005958
Identifier: South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-
Identifier: Africa, Southern -- Economic integration
Identifier: National security -- Africa, Southern
Identifier: Political stability -- Africa, Southern
Identifier: Southern African Development Community
Description: The thesis traces Southern African security dimensions from the Cold War and the period of apartheid in South Africa to the post-apartheid era. It makes an attempt to investigate the prospects of Southern Africa becoming a security community and the processes and practices underlying these efforts. Using the constructivist theory approach to international relations, the thesis argues that the preoccupation with principles of sovereignty and non-interference, a lack of political will and the absence of common values that could help SADC institute binding rules and decision-making are the main blocks that prevent the region from asserting itself as a security community. All these militate against the idea of mutual accountability among SADC member states and have a negative impact on the institutional and functional capacity of SADC. This also prevents SADC from dealing with the emerging non-military human security threats in the region. In consideration of this, the thesis argues that the idea of security community building in Southern Africa remains not only a regional issue, but also requires the involvement of extra-regional actors.
Format: 128 leaves, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Political and International Studies
Language: English
Rights: Lekhooa, Tumo

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