THE US CONGRESS AND THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY OF CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SOUTH AFRICA

In: New political science: a journal of politics & culture, Band 2, S. 105-128

Abstract

UNDER THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, AMERICAN POLICY TOWARDS THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA DEMONSTRATED THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. TO ANALYZE THE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, THIS STUDY ANALYZES THE GENESIS, CONTENTS, AND EFFECTS OF THE REAGAN POLICY OF CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SOUTH AFRICA. IT DOCUMENTS CONGRESSIONAL INITIATIVES TO ALTER AND CHANGE THE POLICY; THE EFFECTS OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON THE POLICY, ON THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND ON U.S. INTERESTS IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGION GENERALLY.