Southern Africa in transition
Prospects and Problems Facing Regional Integration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4251981 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Gibbs (0000-0002-5421-9521), Richard Gibb (University of Plymouth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 287-306 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x98002730 |
| OpenAlex | W2116493395 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
The successful conclusion to South Africa's first all-race elections in April 1994 marked a turning point for political and economic relations throughout the whole of Southern Africa, not least since the regional ‘superpower’ which the sub-continent had previously tried to isolate was invited to participate in regional organisations. However, the ending of apartheid, unquestioningly the single most important factor determining the nature and evolution of future integrative efforts, has to be examined alongside other significant changes affecting Southern Africa throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Most importantly, the structural adjustment programmes instigated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), together with the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), resulted in a greater emphasis on economic liberalisation and political democratisation. Consequently, Southern Africa's most important regional arrangements (as shown in Figure 1) are all in a state of transformation as they endeavour to respond to the new environment. The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) have already changed, or are in the process of renegotiating, their treaties and constitutions
Customs union · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Economy · International trade · Liberalization · Political science · Politics · Regional Integration · State (computer science) · Superpower · Legal Issues in South Africa
Active European Union Influence
Passive European Union Influence
Robustness Checks
European Union Diffusion and Other Regional Organizations
Revisiting Regional Institution Building
Explaining the European Union’s Interorganizational Influence on Other Regional Organizations
The Scope of European Union Influence
Theorizing Interorganizational Influence from the European Union
The Dependent Variable ‘RO institutionalization’
Summary Statistics
Interorganizational Diffusion in International Relations
New Regionalisms in Africa in the New Millennium
Regional international organizations in Africa as recipients of foreign aid
The Southern African unipolarity
Regional Integration in Post‐apartheid Southern Africa
Beyond the Limpopo
Along the museological grain
| Unique citing works | 17 |
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| Citations per year | 0,65 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |