United States Congress Versus Apartheid examines the role of the
African Affairs Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in
shaping United States foreign policy towards South Africa. This
subcommittee emerged as one of the major battlegrounds where United
States foreign policy towards South Africa was shaped during the
Reagan-Bush era, 1981-1992 (the time-frame examined). This book
demonstrates that Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush were more
oriented toward strategic calculations in their formulation of United
States foreign policy towards the African continent.
Using a systems analysis approach, chapters in United States Congress
Versus Apartheid focus on the following:
- The Environment-Political, Social, Economic and Cultural
- Inputs-Demands, Pressures, and Support of the Various Groups within
the Political System
- Legislative Process-Bargaining, Conflict, Cooperation, and Lawmaking
- Outputs-United States foreign policy toward South Africa