Ursula J Van Beek
Biographic Data
| ID | 4248256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ursula J Van Beek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ursula J |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Beek |
| SIGNATURE | VAN BEEK U J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
China's Global Policy and Africa
This article evaluates China's role in Africa. Its objective is to determine the possible benefits and drawbacks for the continent of China's engagement, and to establish whether there might be wider global implications. The focus of inquiry in the African context falls on the specifics of the ways in which China does business on the continent. This is contrasted with the West, whose engagement with Africa has been vastly different both historica…
Democracy under scrutiny
Historical Memory and a New Democracy
This essay explores the meaning and the form of historical memory in the context of the young South African democracy. Differentiating between the concepts of constructive and responsive memory and the inclusive or exclusive character each can take, it attempts to determine what kind of historical memory is necessary to forge a common political enterprise in a multi-ethnic and multi-racial environment. In this regard it refers to some sharply div…
Democracy under Construction
The Emergence of Democracy in South Africa and Poland
In May 1989 I had a chance encounter at Zambia's international airport in Lusaka with a Frenchman who had spent nearly 30 years working as a UN representative. His career, which had spanned a turbulent period in the world's history, took him to every corner of the globe and gave him first-hand experience of human triumphs and tribulations. His grasp of global issues was acute, if somewhat cynical. Commenting on the pre-democratic developments tak…
China's Global Policy and Africa
This article evaluates China's role in Africa. Its objective is to determine the possible benefits and drawbacks for the continent of China's engagement, and to establish whether there might be wider global implications. The focus of inquiry in the African context falls on the specifics of the ways in which China does business on the continent. This is contrasted with the West, whose engagement with Africa has been vastly different both historica…
Historical Memory and a New Democracy
This essay explores the meaning and the form of historical memory in the context of the young South African democracy. Differentiating between the concepts of constructive and responsive memory and the inclusive or exclusive character each can take, it attempts to determine what kind of historical memory is necessary to forge a common political enterprise in a multi-ethnic and multi-racial environment. In this regard it refers to some sharply div…
The Emergence of Democracy in South Africa and Poland
In May 1989 I had a chance encounter at Zambia's international airport in Lusaka with a Frenchman who had spent nearly 30 years working as a UN representative. His career, which had spanned a turbulent period in the world's history, took him to every corner of the globe and gave him first-hand experience of human triumphs and tribulations. His grasp of global issues was acute, if somewhat cynical. Commenting on the pre-democratic developments tak…
Democracy under Construction
Historical Memory and a New Democracy
This essay explores the meaning and the form of historical memory in the context of the young South African democracy. Differentiating between the concepts of constructive and responsive memory and the inclusive or exclusive character each can take, it attempts to determine what kind of historical memory is necessary to forge a common political enterprise in a multi-ethnic and multi-racial environment. In this regard it refers to some sharply div…
Democracy under scrutiny
China's Global Policy and Africa
This article evaluates China's role in Africa. Its objective is to determine the possible benefits and drawbacks for the continent of China's engagement, and to establish whether there might be wider global implications. The focus of inquiry in the African context falls on the specifics of the ways in which China does business on the continent. This is contrasted with the West, whose engagement with Africa has been vastly different both historica…
Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 works) · History (2 works)