A foreign policy of ubuntu?: South African foreign policy values and priorities

SOURCE: Ethics, politics, inequality: new directions: state of the nation
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Steyn Kotze, S.L.Gordon
SOURCE EDITOR(S): N.Bohler-Muller, C.Soudien, V.Reddy
KEYWORDS: FOREIGN POLICY, INEQUALITY, POVERTY, PUBLIC ATTITUDE, UBUNTU
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11886
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15922
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15922

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Abstract

A consolidated democracy requires strong and robust citizen participation in setting a foreign policy agenda and goals. There is an abundance of literature that interrogates citizen participation in foreign policy making. The key concern of this chapter is not how South Africans shape foreign policy priorities and outcomes, rather to what extent South African citizens' foreign policy preferences and perceptions align with the idealist and human rights-based foreign policy outlook South African adopted with its white paper on foreign policy.