Ethics and security in Canadian foreign policy [electronic resource] / edited by Rosalind Irwin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Irwin, Rosalind.

Series:

Canada and international relations ; 15.

Canada and international relations ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International--Moral and ethical aspects.

Security, International.

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

Canada--Foreign relations--1945---Case studies.

Canada.

Canada--Foreign relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection brings together a wide range of authoritative, informed perspectives on issues of ethics and security facing Canadians in the turbulent global environment of the twenty-first century. These reflections, by some of the leading scholars in the field, link the abstract analytical and philosophical questions of "ethics" to the critical and challenging questions of decision-making practice in Canadian foreign policy. Contributors to this volume deal with both the abstract notions of value, culture, norms, and ethics, and the concrete questions of policy, law, and enforcement. They assess the challenges and the opportunities presented by new concepts, such as human security, mutual vulnerability, soft power, global cultural scripts, "good governance," and niche diplomacy, for foreign policy decision making. The addition of suggested seminar questions, a list of further readings, and a sample course outline add to the usefulness of this text in a practical classroom setting.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part 1: Introduction

1 Linking Ethics and Security in Canadian Foreign Policy / 3

Rosalind Irwin

Part 2: Ethics and Security: Conceptual and Analytical Issues within

a Changing Global Context

2 The Ethics of Mutual Vulnerability: A Developmental Perspective

for Foreign Policy / 17

Jorge Nef

3 The Ethics of Development Assistance and Human Security:

From Realism and Sovereigntism to Cosmopolitanism / 38

Peter Penz

Part 3: Ethics and Canadian Policies towards

Human Rights and Development Assistance

4 Moral Vision and Foreign Policy: The Case of Canadian Development

Assistance / 59

Cranford Pratt

5 Niche Diplomacy in Canadian Human Rights Policy: Ethics or

Economics? / 77

Heather Smith

6 Gender, Food Security, and Foreign Policy Towards Africa: Women Farm-

ers inKenya and the. Right to Sustenance 95

Terisa E. Turner, Leigh S. Brownhill, and Wahu M. Kaara

Part 4: International Humanitarian Law and Norms

7 Soft Power, Moral Suasion, and Establishing the International

Criminal Court: Canadian Contributions / 113

W. Andy Knight

8 Echoes of Apartheid? Canada, Nigeria, and the Politics of Norms / 138

David Black

9 Theorizing the Landmine Campaign: Ethics, Global Cultural Scripts, and

the Laws of War / 160

Andrew A. Latham

Part 5: Humanitarian Intervention and Democratization

10 Humanitarian Intervention in Zaire: A Case Study of Humanitarian Rea]-

ism / 181

Howard Adelman

11 Promoting Democracy in Haiti: Assessing the Practical and Ethical Impli-

cations / 208

Tom Keating

Part 6: The Ethics of Energy and Natural Resource Security: Fishing

and Nuclear Policy

12 The Ethics of CANDU Exports / 229

Duane Bratt

13 Fishing for Norms: Foreign Policy and the Turbot Dispute

of 1995/ 249

PeterJ. Stoett

Part 7: Conclusions

14 Towards Human Security? / 269

Questions for Discussion / 275

Suggested Readings / 281

Contributors / 286

Index / 289.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-11159-4

9786613111593

0-7748-5008-6

OCLC:

80218949