Altruism or self-interest? An exploratory study of the EU's external image in South Africa

European Foreign Affairs Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-419

  Fioramonti, Lorenzo ^a   Olivier, Gerrit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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EID: 85044880138     PISSN: 13846299     EISSN: 18758223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.54648/eerr2007033     Document Type: Article

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2. L. Fioramonti, 'The European Union Promoting Democracy in South Africa: Strengths and Weaknesses', Policy Discussion Paper, No. 30, European Development Studies Association (DSA), 2004.
3. Commission of the European Communities, Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: 'Towards an EU-South African Strategic Partnership', Brussels, 28 June 2006, p. 6.
4. G. Olivier, 'The EU, South Africa and the Search for Stability in Africa' in M. Ortega (ed.), 'Global Views on the European Union', ISS Challiot Paper, No. 72, Paris, November 2004, p. 15.
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7. G. Olivier, South Africa and the European Union: Ideology, Self-interest and Altruism (Protea Book House, Pretoria, 2006), pp. 82-83.
8. This section on political elites draws on the documents discussed and analysed in L. Fioramonti, The External Image of the European Union: A Preliminary Survey on the Existing Sources. Report on South Africa, GARNET, 2006, where it is possible to find a detailed list of speeches and quotations.
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19. Media Tenor was founded in 1993 as the first media research institute to focus on continuous 100% media analysis (see ). The data discussed in this article was made available to the authors by Wadim Schreiner of the Media Tenor's offices in Pretoria, South Africa.