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Proceedings of an international conference hosted in Washington, D.C. by the Brookings Institution and convened by the Africa Leadership Forum on Sept. 28-29, 1989.Includes index.
..". comprehensive in its coverage, exacting in its standards of description and interpretation, and almost faultless in its use of source material and existing literature... " -- Anti-Apartheid News ..". an excellent compendium of information on the military and economic power that South Africa applies in dealing with its neighbors." -- Foreign Service Journal ..". important for the shaping of Western policy toward South Africa." -- The Book Exchange ..". impressive... indispensable." -- Third World Book Review "This is a very important book." -- Social Dynamics Hanlon pieces together the details of South Africa's military attacks on its neighbors and relates them to the control the South African state exercises through its economic power.
This book examines the relationship between the governments of less developed countries (LDCs) and foreign-owned firms engaged in the extraction of minerals for export. With an approach that synthesizes economic theory, technical considerations, and political factors, Cobbe provides a fresh look at the policy aspects of the "resource bargaining pro
In the King's Knights, Prof. L.B.B.J. Machobane, Minister of Education for Lesotho from 1987 to 1992, examines the governance of the Lesotho military regime from 1986-1993. His point of departure and issue in question is the military regime's justification of the initial coup and declared aim to bring into existence "a new constitution better suited to the needs of the Basotho nation". The book examines the inner workings of the coalition government which comprised of officers of the Lesotho para-military unit who dominated the coalition; King Moshoeshoe II and his Chiefs; and a coopted array of civilian ministers.