Brooks Promoting Canadian Studies Abroad

Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-319-74027-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Political Science and International Studies (R0)

Assesses the early success against the 2012 termination of the Canadian government’s “Understanding Canada” program
Evaluates the implications of the program for Canadian Studies in key research centres abroad

Discusses the role of government support of cultural goals, and its broader implications beyond the Canadian context

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brooks, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Uncertain Embrace: The Rise and Fall of Canadian Studies Abroad as a Tool of Foreign Policy.- 2. Getting on the American Radar Screen: The Growth, Achievements and Limitations of Canadian Studies in the United States.- 3. Down But Not Out: British Academics Resolutely Determined to Explore Canada.- 4. Canadian Studies in France.- 5. Canadian Studies in China: Dividends from a Near-forgotten Age of Hope and Opening.- 6. Canadian Studies in Japan.- 7. Canadian Studies in the Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Contemporary Russia.- 8. From Individual Scholarship to Academic Institution: Canadian Studies in the German-Speaking Countries and Cultural Diplomacy.- 9. Canadian Studies in the Nordic Countries.- 10. Lessons Learned.

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Brooks is Professor of Political Science at University of Windsor, Canada, and Occasional Lecturer at Sciences Po Lille, France.