Author Description
This timely study categorizes the anti-apartheid movement's activities, both governmental and nongovernmental, and systematically describes them. The author focuses her analysis on the various types of sanctions used to pressure the South African Government, and evaluates the potential and actual impact of these sanctions. Also included are in-depth case studies of the campaigns of individual states and cities to divest their holdings in South Africa.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This study investigates how local-level activism within the United States influenced national and international policy regarding the South African apartheid regime. Janice Love, a scholar of international relations, utilizes a systematic framework to categorize the diverse governmental and nongovernmental activities that comprised the anti-apartheid movement. By analyzing the efficacy of various sanction strategies, the author provides a structured evaluation of how localized divestment campaigns exerted pressure on the South African government.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A categorization of governmental and nongovernmental anti-apartheid activities.
- An analysis of the types of sanctions utilized to pressure the South African government.
- In-depth case studies of divestment campaigns conducted by individual U.S. states and cities.
Scope Limits
- The study focuses primarily on the U.S. domestic response and does not provide a comprehensive history of the internal South African resistance movements.
- The analysis is limited to the specific period of active divestment campaigns and does not cover post-apartheid political developments.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a foundational text for understanding the intersection of local grassroots activism and global foreign policy. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous examination of the mechanics of political pressure.
Page Count:
296
Publication Date:
1985-01-01
Publisher:
Praeger
ISBN-10:
0030013283
ISBN-13:
9780030013287
History
Politics & Social Sciences
Sociology
South Africa
Race Relations
Activism
International relations