Canada, Latin America, and the new internationalism : a foreign policy analysis, 1968-1990 / Brian J.R. Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Brian J. R.

Contributor:

Teleglobe Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies.

Université du Québec à Montréal. Centre d'études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité.

Series:

Foreign policy, security, and strategic studies.

Foreign policy, security, and strategic studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internationalism.

Latin America--Foreign relations--Canada.

Latin America.

Canada--Foreign relations--Latin America.

Canada.

Canada--Foreign relations--1945-.

Physical Description:

xiii, 289 p. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Canada, Latin America, and the New Internationalism Brian Stevenson argues that Canada's foreign policy toward Latin America has been profoundly affected by these three factors and has evolved in response to both changing domestic demands and shifting international circumstances. By analysing a pivotal period in Canada-Latin American relations, he shows us how successive Canadian governments made important initiatives toward closer relationships with Latin America and were also pressured by non-governmental organizations to play a bigger role in the region. Canada's increased role can be seen in official foreign policy commitments, such as the decision to join the Organization of American States, and in policy decisions on political refugees. He explains that while the United States has played a key role in sometimes constraining Canadian foreign policy in the region, it is important to realize that Canadian foreign policy has been steadied by a long-standing tradition of internationalism. Canada, Latin America, and the New Internationalism demonstrates that the tradition of internationalism in Canadian foreign policy as viewed from the perspective of foreign policy analysis provides the framework within which to understand and accommodate changes in its policy toward Latin America. The period which the book explores is critical in order to understand the contemporary nature and future direction of Canada-Latin America relations.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 From Puzzle to Policy 3

PART ONE CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY

IN A CHANGING WORLD 25

2 Canada and the Emergence of the

New Internationalism 27

3 Foreign PolicyAnalysis: From the 195os to the 980os 59

4 Domestic Pressures, External Constraints, and the

New Internationalism 9g

PART TWO GROWING CLOSER TO THE

AMERICAS 109

5 Canadian Foreign Policy towards Latin America:

Government Initiatives and Responses, 1968-1990 111

6 Entering the Inter-American System:

Canada andthe OAS 155

7 Advisors to the Prince? Domestic NGOS and

Canadian Foreign Policy 184

8 Conclusion 224

Notes 235

Index 283.

Notes:

Co-published by the Centre for Security and Foreign Policy Studies and the Teleglobe+Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-281) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85849-1

9786612858499

0-7735-6830-1

OCLC:

929120808