Failed or fragile states are those that are unable or unwilling to provide a socio-political framework for citizens and meet their basic needs. They are a source of terrorism and international crime, as well as incubators of infectious disease, environmental degradation, and unregulated mass migration. Canada's engagement with countries such as the Congo, East Timor, Bosnia, and Afghanistan underlines the commitment of successive Canadian governments to addressing the threats posed to Western security by state fragility. From Kinshasa to Kandahar: Canada and Fragile States in Historical Perspective brings together leading Canadian historians and political scientists to explore Canada's historic relationship with fragile states. The collection spans the period from the 1960s to the present and covers a geographical range that stretches from the Middle East to Latin America to Southeast Asia. Authors embrace a variety of approaches and methodologies, including traditional archival historical research, postmodern textual analysis, oral history, and administrative studies to chronicle and explain Canada's engagement with fragile and failed states. This collection reflects the growing public interest in the issue of failed states, which are of increasing concern to Canadian policymakers and are making headlines on the world stage. It helps explain the historic forces that have shaped Canadian policy towards failed and fragile states, and provides a platform for a national discussion about Canada's future role addressing state fragility.--$cProvided by publisher.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
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- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 327.7109/045
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781552388464 9781552388440
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- F1034.2
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- F76 2016eb
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- 1 electronic text (xi, 289 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- (CaBNVSL)kck00236820 (OCoLC)939203557 (CaOOCEL)467970
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Series Page 3
- Full Title Page 4
- Copyright Page 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- List of Acronyms 10
- INTRODUCTION 14
- 1: RESPONDING TO FAILEDAND FRAGILE STATES: The Evolution of Canadian Policy 22
- 2: PRESENT AT THE CREATION? Canada, United Nations Intervention, and the Congo as a Failed State,1960–64 46
- 3: THE POLITICS OF AFRICAN INTERVENTION: Canada and Biafra, 1967–70 66
- 4: FAILING FRAGILE STATES: Canada and East Timor 86
- 5: ENTANGLED: Canadian Engagement in Haiti, 1968–2010 110
- 6: DIAGNOSTIC CONFUSIONAND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: Canada and Pakistan’s “Failed State” 134
- 7: BOSNIA: From Failed State to Functioning State 156
- 8: SIX YEARS IN KANDAHAR: Understanding Canada’s Multidimensional Effort to Builda Sustainable Afghan State 178
- 9: CANADA AND FRAGILESTATES IN THE AMERICAS 198
- 10: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN FRAGILE AND STABLE STATES: Dilemmas and Opportunities in South Sudan and Ghana 220
- 11: CONCLUSION 250
- CONTRIBUTORS 264
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 266
- INDEX 292
- Back Cover 306
