U.S. Congressional hearings and debates on South Africa

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	parliamentary debates
Producer	U.S. Congress
Coverage	1966-1986
Works using it	5

Debates

Debate	Works
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement	5
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	2

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Becker (1987)	Congressional Digest, October 1985 (President Reagan's Executive Order; congressional debate on the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985)	1985	Documents the political positions (Reagan, Kemp, Wolpe) that sanctions would hurt poor blacks.
Massie (1997)	U.S. congressional hearings and reports (House Africa Subcommittee, Senate Foreign Relations, etc.)	1966-1986	Evidence on corporate activities and legislative debate over sanctions.
Rodman (1994)	U.S. Congressional hearings (Senate Foreign Relations 1977 South Africa-U.S. Policy and Role of U.S. Corporations; House International Relations 1978 U.S. Private Investment in South Africa; House Foreign Affairs 1985 Anti-Apartheid Act hearings and Legislative Options)	1977-1986	Corporate and administration testimony on business internationalism, constructive engagement, and the limits of extraterritorial controls.
Rodman (1995a)	U.S. Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearings (Export Administration Act 1983; Nicaragua sanctions 1985; Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985; Senate Angola hearings 1986)	1983-1986	Provides business association positions against extraterritoriality and sanctions, plus official testimony (Motley, Cornell, Crocker).
Rodman (1995b)	U.S. Congress House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearings: Extension and Revision of the Export Administration Act (98th Cong., 1983); The Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985 (9 May 1985); Imposition of Economic Sanctions and a Trade Embargo Against Nicaragua (7 May 1985)	1983-1985	Supplies business association positions on extraterritoriality, Treasury testimony on capital fungibility, and State Department testimony that new credits to Nicaragua would be imprudent.
Rodman (1995b)	U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Angola—Options for American Foreign Policy, hearings, 18 February 1986	1986	Testimony of Chester Crocker used to show Reagan administration ambivalence about U.S. oil companies withdrawing from Angola.