The World in Canada

Diaspora, Demography, and Domestic Politics

David Carment, David Bercuson

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9780773532960
• eBook ISBN: 9780773578548
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In response to these questions, contributors trace changes in Canada's demographic make-up, explore the relationship between domestic politics and Canadian foreign policy across the fields of diplomacy, development, defense and security, and immigration, and determine the extent to which Quebec's sensibilities to international issues differ from those of the rest of the country. The World in Canada argues that, under certain conditions, the motivation to pursue certain policy choices arises as much from domestic considerations as from the international conditions associated with them.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. A Question of Degree: The Prime Minister, Political Leadership, and Canadian Foreign Policy
• 2. Assessing the Impact of Recent Immigration Trends on Canadian Foreign Policy
• 3. Jamaica, Haiti, and the Role of Diasporas
• 4. Multiculturalism and Canadian Foreign Policy
• 5. The Parizeau-Chrétien Version: Ethnicity and Canadian Grand Strategy
• 6. Muslim Communities: The Pitfalls of Decision-Making in Canadian Foreign Policy
• 7. Just How Liberal and Democratic Is Canadian Foreign Policy?
• 8. Public Perceptions of Canada-US Relations: Regionalism and Diversity
• 9. Defense Policy Distorted by the Sovereignist Prism? The Bloc Québécois on Security and Defense Questions (1990–2005)
• 10. Interpreting Quebec’s International Relations: Whim or Necessity?
• Conclusion: Putting Canada’s Diversity into Canadian Foreign Policy
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index