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Print Price: $134.99

Format:
Paperback
336 pp.
13 tables, 1 figure, 7" x 9"

ISBN-13:
9780195437683

Copyright Year:
2013

Imprint: OUP Canada


Canada and World Order

The Multilateralist Tradition in Canadian Foreign Policy, Third Edition

Tom Keating

Now in its third edition, Canada and World Order is an up-to-date survey of the events and policies that have made Canada a global player from the 1940s to the present. Arguing that international cooperation has been one of the most important defining characteristics of Canadian foreign policy, the text examines how Canada's multilateralist efforts have changed over time and across a variety of issues in the pursuit of a diverse range of international objectives.

Readership : Canadian foreign policy courses are typically offered at the third- and fourth-year level in political science departments at universities across Canada.

Reviews

  • "Keating does an outstanding job of detailing key defining moments and events in the development of the foundation of Canadian foreign policy post-World War II."

    --Jim Fergusson, Brock University

Introduction: Multilateralism in Canadian Foreign Policy
1. Designing the International Order: Canadian Interests in Post-War International Organizations
2. Reviving the Global Economy: Canada and the Bretton Woods System
3. Confronting the Security Dilemma: Canada and the Formation of NATO
4. Coping with the Cold War: Canada's Response to the Superpower Impasse at the UN
5. The Limits of Multilateralism: Canada's Responses to a Changing Global Economy
6. Bridging the East-West Divide: NATO in an Era of Détente
7. Multilateralism in Flux: Looking for Order in the Post-Cold War World
8. Globalization and Multilateralism: Canada and the Reform of Global Economic Institutions
9. Redefining Searching for Security in the Post-Cold War Era
10. Multilateralism in a Time of Transition NEW
11. Security in an Age of Intervention NEW

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Tom Keating is professor of political science and former vice dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. In addition to Canada and World Order, Third Edition, Keating has co-authored Building Sustainable Peace (University of Alberta Press, 2004) and co-edited Global Politics (OUP Canada, 2010), both with W. Andy Knight.

Canada in the World - Heather A. Smith and Claire Turenne Sjolander
Readings in Canadian Foreign Policy - Edited by Duane Bratt and Christopher J. Kukucha
Canadian Foreign Policy in Critical Perspective - J. Marshall Beier and Lana Wylie
Borders and Bridges - Edited by Monica Gattinger and Geoffrey Hale
Canada's International Policies - Brian Tomlin, Norman Hillmer and Fen Hampson

Special Features

  • Examines Canadian foreign policy through a multilateralist lens, illustrating how multilateralism - international cooperation - has repeatedly been used to further Canadian aims and objectives.
  • Explores the development of Canadian foreign policy across three historical periods: the formation of post-war institutions; post-war institutions during the Cold War; and the new era of globalization.
  • Praised for its accessibility and thoughtful analysis, this text offers students a highly readable, insightful treatment of complex political relationships.
  • Focuses on well-known institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United Nations (UN), and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), helping students understand the role each institution plays in relation to Canadian foreign policy.
New to this Edition
  • A new chapter on multilateralism today explores recent changes and events in Canadian foreign policy such as Canada's shifting role from peacekeeper to combatant force, contributions to the US-led "war on terror", emerging leadership of the G8 and G20, and Canada's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol. (Chapter 10: Multilateralism in a Time of Transition)
  • A new chapter on security examines Canada's response to current international developments and policy concerns, including the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the United States, Canada's involvement in Darfur, and the rise of a host of emerging powers. (Chapter 11: Security in an Age of Intervention)
  • Issues-focused boxes highlight the challenges of multilateralism, including the competing interests that frame and inform foreign policy decisions and the limitations of a multilateralist approach.
  • Comparative tables and figures help students measure Canada's engagement in various international affairs such as defence expenditures of NATO countries, UN peacekeeping operations, Canadian aid disbursements, and active military personnel in the Canadian armed forces.
  • A glossary at the end of the book provides students with standard definitions of key Canadian foreign policy terms.