Description
Book SynopsisThis collection brings together a wide range of authoritative, informed perspectives on issues of ethics and security facing Canadians, linking abstract analytical and philosophical questions to the critical and challenging questions of decision-making practice in Canadian foreign policy.
Trade Review"A useful and important addition to courses on Canadian foreign policy, particularly in that it raises issues surrounding ethics and security as a foreign policy objective." - Claire Turenne Sjolander, Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa; The work is highly relevant to current discourse on the evolving concept of security and makes a genuine contribution to the underlying theoretical discussion... It will appeal to a wide audience, and because of its broad range of selected issue areas, will serve as a very useful textbook for courses on Canadian foreign policy." - Harald von Riekhoff, Department of Political Science; Carleton University
Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction
1 Linking Ethics and Security in Canadian Foreign Policy / 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 / Jorge Nef
3 The Ethics of Development Assistance and Human Security: From Realism and Sovereigntism to Cosmopolitanism / 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 / Cranford Pratt
5 Niche Diplomacy in Canadian Human Rights Policy: Ethics or Economics? / Heather Smith
6 Gender, Food Security, and Foreign Policy Towards Africa: Women Farmers in Kenya and the Right to Sustenance / 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 / W. Andy Knight
8 Echoes of Apartheid? Canada, Nigeria, and the Politics of Norms / David Black
9 Theorizing the Landmine Campaign: Ethics, Global Cultural Scripts, and the Laws of War / Andrew Latham
Part 5: Humanitarian Intervention and Democratization
10 Humanitarian Intervention in Zaire: A Case study of Humanitarian Realism / Howard Adelman
11 Promoting Democracy in Haiti: Assessing the Practical and Ethical Implications / Tom Keating
Part 6: The Ethics of Energy and Natural Resource Security: Fishing and Nuclear Policy
12 The Ethics of CANDU Exports / Duane Bratt
13 Fishing for Norms: Foreign Policy and the Turbot Dispute of 1995 / Peter J. Stoett
Part 7: Conclusions
14 Towards Human Security? / Rosalind Irwin
Questions for Discussion
Suggested Readings
Contributors
Index
