Valsamakis, Antoinette (2012). The role of South African business in South Africa’s post apartheid economic diplomacy. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.
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Abstract
This thesis explores the role of South African business as non-state actors (NSAs) in South Africa’s post-apartheid economic diplomacy. The work is an empirical contribution to the debate within diplomacy studies asserting the importance of NSAs in diplomacy studies and that the inclusion of economic considerations in diplomacy studies is crucial. Whilst a broader agenda in diplomacy studies is increasingly being recognised by diplomacy scholars, there is limited case-based evidence of the increasingly active role being played by NSAs in diplomacy generally and economic diplomacy more specifically.
The research uses a multistakeholder diplomacy framework to analyse the extent to and ways in which corporate actors engage in South Africa’s post-apartheid economic diplomacy. This study explores specific business activities around economic diplomacy, expounds why South African business adopts different strategies at different times and crucially examines how corporate actors do this. The thesis identifies three distinct modes of corporate diplomacy: consultative, supplementary, and entrepreneurial. The thesis concludes that corporate diplomacy warrants far more scholarly attention than has hitherto been the case, both in developed and emerging economies, on the basis that corporate actors in South Africa play a crucial role in economic diplomacy, both as consumers and producers of diplomatic outcomes.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.) |
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| Award Type: | Doctorates > Ph.D. |
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| College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Social Sciences |
| School or Department: | Department of Political Science and International Studies |
| Funders: | None/not applicable |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HF Commerce J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/3391 |
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