Canada and Eastern Europe, 1945-1991

Meeting in the Middle
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-963-386-772-3
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

Reihe: Crisis, Conflict and Security in Central and Eastern Europe - CEU Press

How democratic regimes should engage with authoritarian regimes, or self-proclaimed authorities in states under occupation, has long been a subject of debate. The work examines Canada's relations with member-states of the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. Central and East European communist states were nominally independent but established under occupation. Canadian leaders explored whether engaging in foreign relations with these countries would encourage liberalization or embolden dictatorships. Over time, Canada's position evolved as a policy of encouraging bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, while calling for the respect of human rights. However, Canada's economic relationship with East European states was at times at cross-purposes with its democratic principles. Andrea Chandler concludes that while Canada did play a role in encouraging democratization, the country's leaders did not sufficiently consider the impact of these policies on the citizens of Warsaw Pact countries.

This book treats Canada's engagement with Hungary, Poland, the German Democratic Republic, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakiaduring the Cold War, in which the Western countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (including Canada) had an adversarial relation with the Soviet bloc nations.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chandler, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments, List of Abbreviations, Chapter 1. Sovereignty, Diplomatic Engagement, and Regime Legitimacy during the Cold War, Chapter 2. Canada, the Western Alliance, and the Soviet-Occupied Nations, 1945–1953, Chapter 3. Property, Sovereignty, and Human Rights: Three Case Studies, Chapter 4. Canada and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956: An Early Example of “Democracy Promotion”?, Chapter 5. Cautious Engagement with the East Bloc, 1957–1971 109, Chapter 6. Canada and the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the 1970s, Chapter 7. Liberal Norms and Neoliberal Practices in the Cold War’s Final Years, 1979–1991, Chapter 8. Détente or Debacle: Canada and Romania, 1968–1989, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Chandler is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where she teaches courses in comparative politics, democracy, andpolitics of Russia and Eastern Europe.