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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive analysis of Canadian foreign policy during the Harper era.
Trade ReviewThe Harper Era is an important first look at nearly a decade of Canadian foreign policy that will likely, and deservedly, be the standard work on foreign policy in this period, just as Nelson Michaud and Kim Richard Nossal’s Diplomatic Departures is the principle book on Brian Mulroney’s handling of foreign affairs. Until the archives have opened, 30 years hence, persons interested in this controversial and complicated period in Canadian foreign policy would be well advised to consult this collection. -- Asa McKercher, McMaster University * International Journal, Vol. 72 No. 1, March 2017 *
Adam Chapnick and Christopher Kukucha [present] a more nuanced reality [of Harper’s foreign policy]: that while there was an impulse on Harper’s part to deviate from the norm, external and systemic factors, like the Canadian economy, American policy and the dynamics of the international community, ensured that Canada’s foreign policy under Harper wasn’t as much of an aberration as some might think. -- Catherine Tsalikis * opencanada.org, January 2017 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Conservative Foreign Policy in the Harper Era / Adam Chapnick and Christopher J. Kukucha
Part 1: Setting the Context
1 Debating the Proper Role of Parliament in the Making and Conduct of Canada’s International Policies / Denis Stairs
2 Foreign Policy and Minority Government: The Cases of Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau / John English
3 The Constitutional Politics of Parliament’s Role in International Policy / Philippe Lagassé
Part 2: Key Issues
4 Did Minority Government Matter? Thinking Counterfactually about the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan / Jean-Christophe Boucher and Kim Richard Nossal
5 The Evolution of the Harper Government’s Defence Policy: Minority versus Majority or Surplus versus Deficit? / David Perry
6 Stephen Harper’s Israel Policy / Adam Chapnick
7 Explaining Canada’s Foreign Environmental Policies during the Harper Era / Michael W. Manulak
8 Canada and the United States in the Harper Years: Still “Special,” but Not Especially Important / Greg Anderson
9 The Harper Government’s Approach to Energy: Shooting Itself in the Foot / Monica Gattinger
10 Canadian Aid Policy during the Harper Years / Stephen Brown
11 The Shaping of a Conservative Human Rights Policy in the Harper Era / David Petrasek and Rebecca Tiessen
12 Canada’s Incremental Foreign Trade Policy / Christopher J. Kukucha
13 Diaspora and Canadian Foreign Policy: The World in Canada? / David Carment and Joseph Landry
Part 3: Additional Perspectives
14 Minority Report: Covering Canadian Foreign Policy in a Minority and Majority Government / Lee Berthiaume
15 Foreign Policy and the Senate: Microscope and Telescope in Turbulent Times / Hugh Segal
16 Concluding Thoughts: The Prime Minister of the Few / Norman Hillmer
Contributors
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