Canada and Eastern Europe, 1945-1991 : meeting in the middle / Andrea Chandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chandler, Andrea, 1963- author.

Series:

Crisis, Conflict and Security in Central and Eastern Europe Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.

Canada.

Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--Canada.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary : Central European University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"How democratic regimes should engage with authoritarian regimes, or self-proclaimed authorities in states under occupation, has long been a subject of debate. The work examines Canada's relations with member-states of the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. Central and East European communist states were nominally independent but established under occupation. Canadian leaders explored whether engaging in foreign relations with these countries would encourage liberalization or embolden dictatorships. Over time, Canada's position evolved as a policy of encouraging bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, while calling for the respect of human rights. However, Canada's economic relationship with East European states was at times at cross-purposes with its democratic principles. Andrea Chandler concludes that while Canada did play a role in encouraging democratization, the country's leaders did not sufficiently consider the impact of these policies on the citizens of Warsaw Pact countries. This book treats Canada's engagement with Hungary, Poland, the German Democratic Republic, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakiaduring the Cold War, in which the Western countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (including Canada) had an adversarial relation with the Soviet bloc nations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sovereignty, diplomatic engagement, and regime legitimacy during the Cold War

Canada, the Western alliance, and the Soviet-occupied nations, 1945-1953

Property, sovereignty, and human rights : three case studies

Canada and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 : an early example of "democracy promotion"?

Cautious engagement with the East Bloc, 1957-1971

Canada and the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the 1970s

Liberal norms and neoliberal practices in the Cold War's final years, 1979-1991

Detente or debacle : Canada and Romania, 1968-1989

Conclusion : lessons of Canada's experience for confronting authoritarianism and occupation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-71868-X

963-386-773-8

9781003718680

OCLC:

1457081902