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Examines the significance of party politics & partisanship to foreign policy making in Canada. The ability of parties to work together "at the water's edge" to overcome their differences in the interest of addressing foreign policy problems is explored, comparing the Canadian system to that of the US. The power structure of the Canadian system & political parties within this system is reviewed & the importance of leadership & intraparty dynamics, & interparty differences on key policy issues is evaluated. Adapted from the source document.

The ANC government's regional human rights role has often been portrayed as confused, contradictory, and marked by failure, in light of South Africa's commitment to make human rights a central "pillar" of its post-apartheid foreign policy, and its position of relative power in the region. We argue that the government's choices of "quiet diplomacy", its preference for multilateralism, and its sensitivity to considerations of "African solidarity" become more intelligible when interpreted through the prism of the identity imperatives bearing on the "new" South Africa. Without discounting the explanatory power of interest-based analyses, we seek to broaden the debate and highlight the multi-dimensionality of South Africa's rights-based foreign policy. In particular, the government finds itself torn between contradictory commitments to both African solidarity and global integration, implying distinct developmental models and rights emphases (social and economic versus civil and political) respectively. We illustrate the interpretive purchase of the complex yet powerful concept of identity for explaining these dynamics through case studies of South Africa's response to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zimbabwe. (Politikon-w ww.tandf.co.uk/journals/DÜI)

The ANC government's regional human rights role has often been portrayed as confused, contradictory, & marked by failure, in light of South Africa's commitment to make human rights a central 'pillar' of its postapartheid foreign policy, & its position of relative power in the region. We argue that the government's choices of 'quiet diplomacy', its preference for multilateralism, & its sensitivity to considerations of 'African solidarity' become more intelligible when interpreted through the prism of the identity imperatives bearing on the 'new' South Africa. Without discounting the explanatory power of interest-based analyses, we seek to broaden the debate & highlight the multidimensionality of South Africa's rights-based foreign policy. In particular, the government finds itself torn between contradictory commitments to both African solidarity & global integration, implying distinct developmental models & rights emphases (social & economic vs civil & political) respectively. We illustrate the interpretive purchase of the complex yet powerful concept of identity for explaining these dynamics through case studies of South Africa's response to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) & Zimbabwe. 75 References. Adapted from the source document.