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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. |
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] |