SECURITY CO-OPERATION IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY: INSIGHTS FROM THE NEW INSTITUTIONALISM

dc.creator	Anthoni Van Nieuwkerk
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:24Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:24Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/34-2-21
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/4a5559e9bc754998b378fb2ec834830d
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8956
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/4a5559e9bc754998b378fb2ec834830d
dc.description	This article focuses on the institutional dimensions of security cooperation<br />as it manifests in the Southern African Development Community<br />(SADC). As the quotations above suggest, security co-operation, as part of a bigger<br />project of regional integration, is not obvious. Indeed, should southern Africans<br />believe their politicians when the latter claim that SADC is ‘forging ahead’ on the<br />road to formal integration? Slabbert is not convinced. Not only academics, but civil<br />society increasingly question its raison d’ etre. For many, it is unclear whether or<br />how SADC provides human security to the people of the region. Instead, SADC<br />members’ positions on the key regional challenges (trade, growth and development,<br />security and stability) are driven by national interest rather than regional interest – as<br />realists argue, national interests (a must-have) are hard and measurable; regional cooperation<br />(often a nice-to-have) is hard to measure. Or should we accept a regional<br />consciousness shaped by a shared historical experience – a problematic assumption?
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/21
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 34, Iss 2 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	SECURITY CO-OPERATION IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY: INSIGHTS FROM THE NEW INSTITUTIONALISM
dc.type	Article