LEADER 03767nam 2200517 450 001 9910157801203321 005 20180112085407.0 010 $a0-7735-9999-1 010 $a0-7735-9998-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773599987 035 $a(CKB)3710000001009510 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4779664 035 $a(DE-B1597)655726 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773599987 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001009510 100 $a20170119h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aCanada and the United Nations $elegacies, limits, prospects /$fedited by Colin McCullough and Robert Teigrob ; foreword by Lloyd Axworthy 210 1$aMontreal, Que?bec :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (184 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aRethinking Canada in the World ;$v1 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7735-4824-6 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tFigures -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tForeword -- $tIntroduction -- $tBefore the UN -- $t?Neighbours Half the World Away? -- $tCanadians and the ?First Wave? of United Nations Technical Assistance -- $tSave the Children/Save the World -- $tIn the Service of Peace -- $tCanada and the General Assembly -- $tA Wasted Opportunity -- $tLegacies and Realities -- $tAfterword -- $tContributors -- $tIndex 330 $aA 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. 606 $aInternationalism 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)$2bisacsh 607 $aCanada$xForeign relations 615 0$aInternationalism. 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations). 676 $a341.2371 702 $aMcCullough$b Colin 702 $aTeigrob$b Robert 702 $aAxworthy$b Lloyd 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157801203321 996 $aCanada and the United Nations$92253875 997 $aUNINA