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Political Science Diplomacy

Diplomatic Departures

The Conservative Era in Canadian Foreign Policy, 1984 - 93

edited by Kim R. Nossal & Nelson Michaud

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2001
Category
Diplomacy
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774808644
    Publish Date
    Oct 2001
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774808651
    Publish Date
    May 2002
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774841740
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $32.95

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During the nine years that the Conservatives under Brian Mulroney held power in Ottawa, Canadian foreign policy underwent a series of important departures from established policy. Some of these changes mirrored the major transformations in global politics that occurred during this period as the Berlin Wall was breached, the Cold War came to an end, and a globalized economy emerged. But some of the changes were the results of initiatives taken by the Conservative government.

 

The first major scholarly examination of the foreign policy of this period, this collection explores and analyzes the many departures from traditional Canadian statecraft that took place during the Mulroney Conservative era: free trade with the U.S., a continentalized energy policy, initiatives over the environment and the Arctic, the withdrawal of Canadian forces from Europe, and the transformation of peacekeeping into peacemaking.

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Contributor Notes

Nelson Michaud teaches at the Ecole nationale d'administration publique (Université du Quebec) and is Research Fellow at the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University. Kim Richard Nossal is the Department Head of Political Studies at Queen's University.

 

Contributors: Barbara McDougall, Denis Stairs, Brian Tomlin, Tammy L. Nemeth, Heather Smith, Rob Huebert, Norrin Ripsman, Manon Tessier, Michel Fortmann, Luc Bernier, Gordon Mace, Andrew F. Cooper, David M. Black, Paul Gecelovsky, Tom Keating, J.H. Taylor, Claire Turenne Sjolander, and Roy Norton.