The Southern African Development Community Treaty-Nexus: National Constitutions, Citizens&#039; Sovereignty, Communication, and Awareness

Korwa Gombe Adar; Dorothy Mpabanga; Kebapetse Lotshwao; Thekiso Molokwane; Norbert Musekiwa

doi:10.5771/9781666930245

Summary

Since its establishment in 1980 the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has largely been a state driven organization, with the people of Southern Africa, though enshrined in the treaty, remaining observers in the SADC democratization and integration agenda. The Southern African Development Community Treaty-Nexus: National Constitutions, Citizen’s Sovereignty, Communication, and Awareness, edited by Korwa Gombe Adar, Dorothy Mpabanga, Kebapetse Lotshwao, Thekiso Molokwane, and Norbert Musekiwa, brings in the people of Southern Africa, the key beneficiaries of the integration agenda, in the SADC democratization and integration epistemology. Using the new concepts of sadcness and sadcnization, this book operationalizes from legal, communication, and awareness perspectives, the nexus of the people of Southern Africa, democratization, and integration in the SADC region. From legal and communications lenses, the contributors argue that democratization and integration are about people (citizens), the sovereigns, and not merely the abstract actors called nation states. Using the case studies of Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, the contributors engage in this epistemology and assess, among other things, the peoples' of Southern Africa—the Southern Africa Development Community integration nexus.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-3023-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-3024-5
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 268
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. List of Figures and Tables No access
5. Abbreviations and Acronyms No access
Introductory Context‌‌ No access Pages 1 - 16
1. The Right to Demonstrate in Angola‌‌ and the Need for Legal Harmonization in Southern African D No access
2. Locating Sadcness‌‌ in the Southern African Development Community ACQUIS No access
3. The Legal Framework for the Participation of the Malagashi Population in the Integration Process‌‌ No access
4. The Legal Framework for Free Movement and the Need for Harmonization of Law‌‌‌‌‌ in SADC No access
5. Peoples’ Agency and Participation in the Democratization and Integration ‌‌Agenda No access
6. Zimbabwe Citizens’ Sovereignty‌‌, the Constitution and the Southern African Development Community No access
1. Angolan Press and Southern African Development Community No access
2. Communicating the Role of SADC in Botswana No access
3. Can the Communication Sector Solve the Malagasy ‘Double Paradox’‌‌ Related to Democratization No access
4. Peoples’ Agency‌‌ and the Image of Southern African Development Community Integration No access
5. Communication and Publicity Imperatives‌‌ in Promoting Southern African Development Community No access
6. The Proliferation of Digital Mass Communication‌‌ in the Southern African Development No access
1. Conclusion and Reco‌‌mmendations‌‌ No access
Index No access Pages 239 - 252
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 253 - 268