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South Africa : conditions, issues and U.S. relations / Serge Bernard, editor

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New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]
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©2013
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1 online resource (148 pages).
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Bernard, Serge
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SOUTH AFRICA CONDITIONS, ISSUES AND U.S. RELATIONS; SOUTH AFRICA CONDITIONS, ISSUES AND U.S. RELATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 SOUTH AFRICA: POLITICS, ECONOMY, AND U.S. RELATIONS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; COUNTRY OVERVIEW; POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE UNDER PRESIDENT ZUMA; THE ECONOMY; TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS AND POLICY ISSUES56; BILATERAL RELATIONS AND U.S. ASSISTANCE; OUTLOOK; Chapter 2 SOUTH AFRICA 2012 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT*; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; SECTION 1. RESPECT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE PERSON, INCLUDING FREEDOM FROM, SECTION 2. RESPECT FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, INCLUDINGSECTION 3. RESPECT FOR POLITICAL RIGHTS: THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO CHANGE THEIR GOVERNMENT; SECTION 4. CORRUPTION AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT; SECTION 5. GOVERNMENTAL ATTITUDE REGARDING INTERNATIONAL AND NONGOVERNMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS; SECTION 6. DISCRIMINATION, SOCIETAL ABUSES, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS; SECTION 7.WORKER RIGHTS; Chapter 3 SOUTH AFRICA 2012 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT∗; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; GOVERNMENT PRACTICES; Chapter 4 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2013: SOUTH AFRICA, and SOUTH AFRICA. TIER 2PROSECUTION; PROTECTION; PREVENTION; Chapter 5 2013 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: SOUTH AFRICA∗; OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT; INDEX
Summary
South Africa is a multi-racial, majority black southern African country of nearly 52 million. It held its first universal suffrage elections in 1994, after a transition from white minority rule under apartheid, a system of state-enforced racial segregation and socioeconomic discrimination. South Africa is influential regionally, due to its political engagement and trade and investment across Africa and its active role within the African Union. It is viewed as a U.S. strategic partner in Africa, despite periodic differences over some foreign policy issues. In late June 2013, President Obama tra.
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ISBN
9781629484969 (electronic bk.)
1629484962 (electronic bk.)
9781629484952
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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