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Title:Critical Theory and the Southern African Region: A Framework for Discovery?
Author:Leysens, AnthonyISNI
Year:2000
Periodical:Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Volume:18
Issue:2
Period:July
Pages:265-276
Language:English
Geographic term:Southern Africa
Subjects:regional development
political economy
SADC
Economics and Trade
Development and Technology
External links:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/713675623
http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4B6D99A735829CF10BCB
Abstract:In this paper the author examines the use of Coxian Critical Theory (CCT) as a theoretical framework which has the potential to act as an explanatory tool for regional analysis in southern Africa. Much work has focused on the institutional aspect of regional relations, particularly the developments surrounding the creation of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security. A Coxian framework, however, leads us to focus not only on institutions, but also on ideas and material capabilities. Regional inquiry (in terms of a Coxian framework) begins with an analysis of the configuration of social forces related to production within the member States of SADC, and an investigation of transborder linkages between them. CCT leads us to conclude that the major problem for the member States of SADC and regional relations could lie in the exclusion of marginalized/subordinate social forces which are a potential area of tension and transformation within the current regional historical structure. Bibliogr., notes, ref.
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