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Title:The role of parliament in South Africa's foreign policy development process: lessons from the United States' Congress
Author:Ahmed, A.K.ISNI
Year:2009
Periodical:South African Journal of International Affairs
Volume:16
Issue:3
Pages:291-310
Language:English
Geographic terms:South Africa
United States
Subjects:foreign policy
parliament
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10220460903495116
Abstract:For most democracies across the world, legislative engagement in foreign policy development has traditionally been limited to ratification of international agreements and oversight of the executive. While the Parliament of South Africa tends to adhere to this traditional approach, deferring to the executive on matters of foreign policy, this paper argues that a collaborative approach between the legislative and executive branches as articulated in the South African constitution must rather form the basis of South Africa's foreign policy development process. Moreover, by comparing the parliament of South Africa, a legislature with limited policy influence, to the United States' Congress, a policymaking legislature, it becomes clear from Congress that political will in employing constitutional power is the most important factor in ensuring legislative engagement in foreign policy decisionmaking. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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