Democracy and Foreign Policy in an Era of Uncertainty - by Maxwell A Cameron & David Gillies & David Carment (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In an era of significant geopolitical shifts, unrelenting violent confrontation, nationalism and identity politics, the institutions in which Canada and its allies have invested significant capital such as trade, political, and security organisations are being tested and stretched to the limit. This edition will look back on Canada's approach to encouraging democracy abroad, it will consider ways to enhance middle power democracy statecraft in an era of growing international and domestic insecurity, backsliding and populism, and discern patterns and recurring themes in Canadian support for rights and democracy, as well as efforts to grapple with novel trends like digital threats to democracy.

From the Back Cover

In 1995, just a few years into the third wave of global democratic expansion, Maxwell Cameron, and Maureen Appel Molot curated a Canada Among Nations edition on democracy and foreign policy. An organizing premise was that 'democracy matters as a principle and process in foreign policy; democracies make foreign policy differently and they make different foreign policies.' Thirty years later, this edition of Canada Among Nations looks back on Canada's approach to encouraging democracy abroad . Looking ahead the volume considers ways to enhance democracy statecraft in an era of growing international and domestic insecurity, backsliding and populism. Contributors identify patterns and recurring themes in Canadian support for rights and democracy with focus on global trends as well as regional, national, and local processes.

Maxwell A. Cameron is Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, the University of British Columbia.

David Carment is Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University.

David Gillies has worked at Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency with field postings in Pakistan and Zimbabwe. He has also worked at Rights and Democracy, the Aga Khan Foundation, and the North South Institute.

About the Author

Maxwell A. Cameron is Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, the University of British Columbia.
David Carment is Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, and author of 17 books and over 60 peer-reviewed articles.
David Gillies is an independent research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He is retired from Global Affairs Canada with field postings in Pakistan and Zimbabwe. He has also worked at Rights and Democracy, the Aga Khan Foundation, and the North-South Institute. Dr. Gillies was educated at Oxford and McGill.