"A pleasure to report that the Michaud-Nossal collection is not only timely but comprehensible, with generally well written essays assigned to important topics. Readers will come away vastly better informed about the twists and turns - and continuities - of Canadian foreign policy in the 1980s - what it was, how it was made, and where it fits." - Robert Bothwell, International Journal

During the nine years that the Conservatives under Brian Mulroney held power in Ottawa, Canadian foreign policy underwent a series of important departures from established policy. Some of these changes mirrored the major transformations in global politics that occurred during this period as the Berlin Wall was breached, the Cold War came to an end, and a globalized economy emerged. But some of the changes were the results of initiatives taken by the Conservative government.The first major scholarly examination of the foreign policy of this period, this collection explores and analyzes the many departures from traditional Canadian statecraft that took place during the Mulroney Conservative era: free trade with the U.S., a continentalized energy policy, initiatives over the environment and the Arctic, the withdrawal of Canadian forces from Europe, and the transformation of peacekeeping into peacemaking.
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The first major scholarly examination of the foreign policy of the Mulroney Conservative era, this collection analyzes free trade with the U.S., a continentalized energy policy, the transformation of peacekeeping into peacemaking, and other departures from traditional Canadian statecraft.
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Foreword / Barbara J. McDougall Acronyms Part 1: Introduction 1 The Conservative Era in Canadian Foreign Policy, 1984-93 / Nelson Michaud and Kim Richard Nossal 2 Architects or Engineers? The Conservatives and Foreign Policy / Denis StairsPart 2: Policy Issues 3 Leaving the Past Behind: The Free Trade Initiative / Brian Tomlin 4 Continental Drift: Energy Policy and Canadian–American Relations / Tammy L. Nemeth 5 Shades of Grey in Canada’s Greening during the Mulroney Era / Heather A. Smith 6 A Northern Foreign Policy: The Politics of Ad Hocery / Rob Huebert 7 Big Eyes and Empty Pockets: The Two Phases of Conservative Defence Policy / Norrin M. Ripsman 8 The Conservative Approach to International Peacekeeping / Manon Tessier and Michel Fortmann 9 Mulroney’s International “Beau Risque”: The Golden Age of Québec's Foreign Policy / Luc Bernier 10 Explaining the Decision to Join the OAS: An Interpretation / Gordon Mace 11 Good Global Governance or Political Opportunism? Mulroney and UN Social Conferences / Andrew F. Cooper12 How Exceptional? Assessing the Anti-Apartheid “Crusade” / David M. Black 13 Liberal Internationalism for Conservatives: The Good Governance Initiative / Paul Gecelovsky and Tom Keating Part 3: The Policy-Making Process 14 The Conservatives and Foreign Policy-Making: A Foreign Service View / J.H. Taylor 15 Adding Women but Forgetting to Stir: Gender and Foreign Policy in the Mulroney Era / Claire Turenne Sjolander 16 Ethnic Groups and Conservative Foreign Policy / Roy Norton 17 Bureaucratic Politics and the Making of the 1987 Defence White Paper / Nelson Michaud 18 Opening Up the Policy Process: How Important Is Party? / Kim Richard Nossal 19 Diplomatic Departures? Assessing the Conservative Era in Foreign Policy / Nelson Michaud and Kim Richard Nossal Appendices A Chronology of Events, 1984-93 B Photo Gallery C Foreign Policy Appointments, 1984-93 Bibliographical Essay Contributors Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780774808651
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
University of British Columbia Press
Vekt
480 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
344

Om bidragsyterne

Nelson Michaud teaches at the Ecole nationale d'administration publique (Université du Quebec) and is Research Fellow at the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University. Kim Richard Nossal is the Department Head of Political Studies at Queen's University.

Contributors: Barbara McDougall, Denis Stairs, Brian Tomlin, Tammy L. Nemeth, Heather Smith, Rob Huebert, Norrin Ripsman, Manon Tessier, Michel Fortmann, Luc Bernier, Gordon Mace, Andrew F. Cooper, David M. Black, Paul Gecelovsky, Tom Keating, J.H. Taylor, Claire Turenne Sjolander, and Roy Norton.