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South African Benevolent Hegemony in Southern Africa: Impasse or Highway?

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Why is it so difficult to find someone who believes in a benevolent South African regional hegemony emerging in Southern Africa? South Africa’s superior production, technology and institutional capacity, compared with that of the rest of the region is well documented. Would it not create sufficient capabilities for the South African state to establish a hegemonic regime in the region?

I am grateful to Björn Hettne, Peter Vale, Fredrik Soderbaum and all participants at the workshop for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this chapter.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    Peter Vale (Visiting Professor of International Relations) (Visiting Professor of International Relations)

  2. Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Botswana, Botswana

    Larry A. Swatuk (Lecturer) (Lecturer)

  3. Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

    Bertil Oden (Head of Secretariat of the Expert Group on Development Issues) (Head of Secretariat of the Expert Group on Development Issues)

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Odén, B. (2001). South African Benevolent Hegemony in Southern Africa: Impasse or Highway?. In: Vale, P., Swatuk, L.A., Oden, B. (eds) Theory, Change and Southern Africa’s Future. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403901019_8

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