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Title The world in Canada : diaspora, demography, and domestic politics / edited by David Carment and David Bercuson
Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 256 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction / David Carment and David Bercuson -- A question of degree: the prime minister, political leadership, and Canadian foreign policy / Adam Chapnick -- Assessing the impact of recent immigration trends on Canadian foreign policy / Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon -- Jamaica, Haiti, and the role of diasporas / Andrew Harrington, Stewart Prest, and Per Unheim -- Multiculturalism and Canadian foreign policy / J.L. Granatstein -- The Parizeau-Chrétien version: ethnicity and Canadian grand strategy / David G. Haglund -- Muslim communities: the pitfalls of decision-making in Canadian foreign policy / Sami Aoun -- Just how liberal and democratic is Canadian foreign policy? / Christian Leuprecht and Todd Hataley -- Public perceptions of Canada-US relations: regionalism and diversity / Evan Potter -- Defense policy distorted by the sovereignist prism? The bloc Québécois on security and defense questions (1900-2005) / Stéphane Roussel and Charles-Alexandre Théorêt -- Interpreting Quebec's international relations: whim or necessity? / Nelson Michaud -- Conclusion: putting Canada's diversity into Canadian foreign policy / David Bercuson and David Carment
Summary In response to these questions, contributors trace changes in Canada's demographic make-up, explore the relationship between domestic politics and Canadian foreign policy across the fields of diplomacy, development, defense and security, and immigration, and determine the extent to which Quebec's sensibilities to international issues differ from those of the rest of the country. The World in Canada argues that, under certain conditions, the motivation to pursue certain policy choices arises as much from domestic considerations as from the international conditions associated with them
Analysis JSTOR-DDA
Canada Foreign relations 1945-
Multiculturalism Canada
Canada Emigration and immigration Political aspects
Canada Politics and government 21st century
Multi-User
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index
Notes English
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Subject Multiculturalism -- Canada
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
Diplomatic relations
Multiculturalism
Politics and government
SUBJECT Canada -- Foreign relations -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019308
Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
Canada -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Canada
Form Electronic book
Author Bercuson, David Jay, 1945-
Carment, David, 1959-
LC no. 2008278129
ISBN 9780773574557
0773574557
1282864459
9781282864450
9786612864452
6612864451