Readings in Canadian Foreign Policy: Classic Debates and New Ideas

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Readings in Canadian Foreign Policy combines classic and contemporary selections with original contributions written specifically for this volume. Showcasing cutting-edge perspectives alongside more traditional viewpoints, this reader offers students a well-rounded examination of foreignpolicy in Canada. Contents Preface Acknowledgements Permissions Contributors I Studying Canadian Foreign Policy: Varying Approaches Notes 1 The 10 Most Important Books on Canadian Foreign Policy Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 2 The Practice, Purpose, and Perils of List-making: A Response to John Kirton’s “10 Most Important Books on Canadian Foreign Policy” Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 3 Canadian Foreign Policy, 1945–1968 Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 4 Most Safely in the Middle Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes Update: The Twilight of Multilateralism in Canadian Foreign Policy? Questions for Review Suggested Readings References 5 Three Theoretical Perspectives Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes Update: Canada as a Principal Power 2010 Questions for Review Suggested Readings References 6 The Choice to Be Made Notes Update: The Choices That Were Made and Those That Remain Questions for Review Suggested Readings Update: The “Independence” Debates, Then and Now: False Choices and Real Challenges Questions for Review Suggested Readings 7 (De)constructing Foreign Policy Narratives: Canada in Afghanistan Questions for Review Suggested Readings References 8 Hegemony in the Local Order and Accumulation in the Global: Canada and Libya Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes Selected Bibliography II External Factors and Canadian Foreign Policy Notes 9 Canada in an Age of Unipolarity: Structural Change and Canadian Foreign Policy Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 10 Canada–US Relations: Proximity and Distance in Perspective Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 11 The Dynamic of Relations between Canada and China Questions for Review Suggested Readings References 12 Canada’s World Can Get a Lot Bigger: The Group of 20, Global Governance, and Security Suggested Readings Notes Selected Bibliography III Domestic Factors and Canadian Foreign Policy Notes 13 Of Legacies and Lightning Bolts: An Updated Look at the Prime Minister and Canadian Foreign Policy Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 14 Parliament and Canadian Foreign Policy: Between Paradox and Potential Questions for Review Note References 15 The Institutionalization of Foreign Affairs (1909–2013) Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 16 The Indo-Canadian Diaspora and Canadian Foreign Policy: Lessons Learned and Moving Forward Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes Works Cited 17 Civil Society and Canadian Foreign Policy Questions for Review Suggested Readings References Selected Bibliography IV Security Note 18 Defending Canada Questions for Review Suggested Readings Note References 19 The Myth of the Pacific Society: Quebec’s Contemporary Strategic Culture Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 20 Canadian International Security Policy in the 21st Century: Closing the Book on the Sutherland Era? Not at All. Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 21 Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security in a Transforming Circumpolar World Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes Selected Bibliography V Trade and Other Economic Issues 22 Breaking Free: A Post-mercantilist Trade and Productivity Agenda for Canada Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes References 23 Canada’s Policy Response to the Global Financial Crisis Questions for Review Suggested Readings References 24 Canada and the Negotiation of Investment Rules: Open for Whose Business? Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 25 The Energy Triangle: Canada, the United States, and China Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes Selected Bibliography VI Social Considerations: The Need to Do More? Notes 26 Choosing Not to See: Canada, Climate Change, and the Arctic Questions for Review Suggested Readings Notes 27 Aid Effectiveness and the Framing of New Canadian Aid Initiatives Acknowledgements Questions for Review Suggested Readings References Notes 28 The Harper Government, Africa Policy, and the Relative Decline of Humane Internationalism Questions for Review Suggested Readings References Notes Selected Bibliography Appendix A Key Terms in Canadian Foreign Policy Appendix B Key Dates in Canadian Foreign Policy