The development, pursuit and maintenance of a South African Antarctic policy : 1926-1988
Connections between South Africa and Antarctica can be traced as far back as the 1700s when European expeditions in search of the southern continent used Cape Town (and later Simonstown) as a base of operation. This link expanded considerably after formal British acquisition of the Cape of Good Hope...
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ftsealsdc:vital:2523 2024-09-15T17:45:49+00:00 The development, pursuit and maintenance of a South African Antarctic policy : 1926-1988 Laverde, René 1991 176 leaves pdf http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2523 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001852 English eng Rhodes University Faculty of Humanities, History vital:2523 http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2523 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001852 Laverde, René Antarctic Treaty -- (1959) Antarctica -- History South Africa -- Foreign relations -- Antarctica Thesis Masters MA 1991 ftsealsdc 2024-07-29T23:41:46Z Connections between South Africa and Antarctica can be traced as far back as the 1700s when European expeditions in search of the southern continent used Cape Town (and later Simonstown) as a base of operation. This link expanded considerably after formal British acquisition of the Cape of Good Hope in 1815, yet it was not until 1926 that an actual South African policy towards the Antarctic began to materialize. Once this policy was established it continued to be characterized by procrastination as well as resistance both from within and without South Africa. The history of South Africa's Antarctic policy can be divided into five periods: first, the commencement of the policy (focusing primarily on economic interests), 1926-1939; second, the pursuit of interests through the policy (focusing on political interests), 1944- 1958; third, the entrenchment of South Africa's interests in the Antarctic (by securing South Africa's position within the Antarctic Treaty System), 1958-1960; fourth, the expansion of and foreign assault on the policy (under the auspices of the Antarctic Treaty System), 1960-1988; and fifth, the defence of and future prospects for the policy (from United Nation's calls for South Africa's exclusion from the Antarctic Treaty System), since 1982. While resistance from inside and outside the government during the first two periods resulted from inadequacies in the South African Antarctic policy itself, resistance in the final two periods has centred upon non-Antarctic issues. As South Africa has faced ever-increasing exclusion from international governmental organizations over opposition to Its apartheid policies, organizations such as the Antarctic Treaty Organization have inevitably been drawn into the debate. As a result, the Consultative Parties of the Antarctic Treaty (of which South Africa is one of the original twelve) have been forced to deal with the following question: to what extent will political issues outside the scope of the management policies of the Antarctic Treaty Organization be ... Master Thesis Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica SEALS Digital Commons (South East Academic Libraries System, South Africa) |
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Connections between South Africa and Antarctica can be traced as far back as the 1700s when European expeditions in search of the southern continent used Cape Town (and later Simonstown) as a base of operation. This link expanded considerably after formal British acquisition of the Cape of Good Hope in 1815, yet it was not until 1926 that an actual South African policy towards the Antarctic began to materialize. Once this policy was established it continued to be characterized by procrastination as well as resistance both from within and without South Africa. The history of South Africa's Antarctic policy can be divided into five periods: first, the commencement of the policy (focusing primarily on economic interests), 1926-1939; second, the pursuit of interests through the policy (focusing on political interests), 1944- 1958; third, the entrenchment of South Africa's interests in the Antarctic (by securing South Africa's position within the Antarctic Treaty System), 1958-1960; fourth, the expansion of and foreign assault on the policy (under the auspices of the Antarctic Treaty System), 1960-1988; and fifth, the defence of and future prospects for the policy (from United Nation's calls for South Africa's exclusion from the Antarctic Treaty System), since 1982. While resistance from inside and outside the government during the first two periods resulted from inadequacies in the South African Antarctic policy itself, resistance in the final two periods has centred upon non-Antarctic issues. As South Africa has faced ever-increasing exclusion from international governmental organizations over opposition to Its apartheid policies, organizations such as the Antarctic Treaty Organization have inevitably been drawn into the debate. As a result, the Consultative Parties of the Antarctic Treaty (of which South Africa is one of the original twelve) have been forced to deal with the following question: to what extent will political issues outside the scope of the management policies of the Antarctic Treaty Organization be ... |
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The development, pursuit and maintenance of a South African Antarctic policy : 1926-1988 |
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The development, pursuit and maintenance of a South African Antarctic policy : 1926-1988 |
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The development, pursuit and maintenance of a South African Antarctic policy : 1926-1988 |
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The development, pursuit and maintenance of a South African Antarctic policy : 1926-1988 |
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The development, pursuit and maintenance of a South African Antarctic policy : 1926-1988 |
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development, pursuit and maintenance of a south african antarctic policy : 1926-1988 |
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