Foreign policy without the policy? South Africa and activism on sexual orientation at the United Nations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5725070 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eduard Jordaan (0000-0002-5492-0027, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-97 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South African Journal of International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1022-0461 • E-ISSN: 1938-0275 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10220461.2017.1324319 |
| OpenAlex | W2614797412 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Although South Africa led the UN to adopt its first resolution on sexual orientation in 2011, in recent years, South Africa has made various sharp foreign policy reversals on issues related to sexual orientation and human rights. This article discusses five such policymaking episodes over the period 2010–2016 and considers the wider implications of South Africa's flip-flopping. For one, South Africa's recent behaviour on international sexual orientation issues suggests that the foreign policymaking environment in South Africa is weak, unstructured and porous. Moreover, the sexual orientation issue exposes the limited scope South Africa has to act as a representative of Africa, as a leader in the developing world and as a bridge-building middle power
Development economics · Economics · Foreign policy · Human rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sexual orientation · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law
| Citations per year | 0.86 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |