- Title
- The power of hegemonic theory in Southern Africa: why Lesotho cannot develop an independent foreign policy
- Creator
- Mahao, Lehloenya
- Subject
- Hegemony -- South Africa
- Subject
- Lesotho -- Politics and government
- Subject
- Lesotho -- Foreign relations -- South Africa
- Subject
- South Africa -- Foreign relations -- Lesotho
- Date Issued
- 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:2799
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003009
- Identifier
- Hegemony -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Lesotho -- Politics and government
- Identifier
- Lesotho -- Foreign relations -- South Africa
- Identifier
- South Africa -- Foreign relations -- Lesotho
- Description
- This thesis critiques hegemonic theory – especially the impact of a hegemonic state on the ability of small states to develop an independent foreign policy. The research uses Lesotho as a case study of a subordinate state in relation to the Republic of South Africa (RSA) as a hegemonic state. It draws on the history of Lesotho’s quest for sovereignty and argues that this sovereignty is constantly eroded to the advantage of its hegemonic neighbour. This constrains Lesotho’s ability to develop an independent foreign policy.
- Format
- iii, 132 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Humanities, Political and International Studies
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Mahao, Lehloenya
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