| Regional integration/cooperation theory focuses on how institutions affect actors' expectations, and not on how institutions reflect actors' expectations and does not address why one form of cooperation is chosen over another. This dissertation examines how states' interests shape processes of cooperation. The Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) and transitional South Africa are used to examine institutional cooperation in southern Africa. SADCC's original institutionalization, and its change to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), shows that states' interests determine how cooperation is institutionalized. The chapters on South Africa continue this theme by examining the domestic and international determinants of South Africa's regional policy. It is argued that South Africa's regional interdependence determines its preferences for how cooperation should be institutionalized in southern Africa. The research was completed during an academic year in South Africa, 1993-1994. Data collected includes: approximately 50 interviews with government, political and business leaders; relevant policy documents; and indicators of transitional South Africa's policy debate (i.e newspapers). |
