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Canada and the United Nations, Volume 1 - Legacies, Limits, Prospects (Hardcover)
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Canada and the United Nations, Volume 1 - Legacies, Limits, Prospects (Hardcover)
Series: Rethinking Canada in the World
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A nation of peacekeepers or soldiers? Honest broker, loyal ally, or
chore boy for empire? Attempts to define Canada's past, present,
and proper international role have often led to contradiction and
incendiary debate. Canada and the United Nations seeks to move
beyond simplistic characterizations by allowing evidence, rather
than ideology, to drive the inquiry. The result is a pragmatic and
forthright assessment of the best practices in Canada's UN
participation. Sparked by the Harper government's realignment of
Canadian internationalism, Canada and the United Nations
reappraises the mythic and often self-congratulatory assumptions
that there is a distinctively Canadian way of interacting with the
world, and that this approach has profited both the nation and the
globe. While politicians and diplomats are given their due, this
collection goes beyond many traditional analyses by including the
UN-related attitudes and activities of ordinary Canadians.
Contributors find that while Canadians have exhibited a broad range
of responses to the UN, fundamental beliefs about the nation's
relationship with the world are shared widely among citizens of
various identities and eras. While Canadians may hold inflated
views of their country's international contributions, their notions
of Canada's appropriate role in global governance correlate
strongly with what experts in the field consider the most
productive approaches to the Canada-UN relationship. In an era when
some of the globe's most profound challenges - climate change,
refugees, terrorism, economic uncertainty - are not constrained by
borders, Canada and the United Nations provides a timely primer on
Canada's diplomatic strengths.
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