Japan and South Africa in a Globalising World: A Distant Mirror (The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series)

From its position as one of Africa's major investors, and a top provider of development assistance, Tokyo's quiet diplomacy is having a growing impact on African affairs. This book illuminates the challenges facing the prospective partnership, and deconstructs the international political economy of this relationship. Furthermore, through a series of comparative studies, it explores the relevance of the content of the East Asian experience of South Africa and the continent as a whole. Features include: a study of the international political economy of an increasingly important relationship between Asia and Africa; and an analysis of the comparative dimensions of East Asia and Southern Africa's respective experiences in development. The book contextualizes the South African and Japanese experiences within the contemporary globalization debate