| The Political Economy of U.S. Policy Toward South Africa Contributor(s): Danaher, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367294982 ISBN-13: 9780367294984 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - Economics - History | Africa - General - Political Science | World - African |
| Dewey: 337.730 |
| Lexile Measure: 1650 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9.2" (0.92 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By tracing U.S. involvement in South African political and economic development since the late 1800s, this book analyzes U.S. corporate and government motives for maintaining the political status quo in South Africa. In recent decades, according to the author, U.S. policy toward South Africa has grown more contradictory: Endeavoring to protect the United States's reputation on the question of race, government officials denounce apartheid, yet Washington remains the main force blocking an international response to South African policies. As the situation in South Africa continues to polarize, the U.S. is increasingly isolated in its position of verbally condemning yet materially supporting South Africa's white minority regime--a regime confronting the distinct possibility of civil war. |