The Politics of Linkage: Power, Interdependence, and Ideas in Canada-US Relations
Brian Bow
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Hardback. Bow takes a close look at four major bilateral disputes between Canada and the United States to show that contrary to some reports the US has not made coercive linkages between issues to get its own way. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Do Canada and the United States share a special relationship, or is this a mere myth that has masked stark calculations of national interest? Recent tensions over the Iraq War and ballistic missile defence have resurrected this perennial Canadian debate and triggered alarm about whether the US would make coercive linkages between issues to force Canada to change its policies.
The Politics of Linkage cuts through political rhetoric and academic clichés by offering detailed accounts of postwar disputes over nuclear weapons, Arctic waters, oil and gas, and the Iraq War. Although early Cold War disputes were governed by a diplomatic culture ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774816953
SKU
V9780774816953
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99-1
About Brian Bow
Brian Bow is an associate professor of political science at Dalhousie University and co-editor of An Independent Foreign Policy for Canada? Challenges and Choices for the Future.
Reviews for The Politics of Linkage: Power, Interdependence, and Ideas in Canada-US Relations
Bow makes [it] clear, the conditions that made that golden age possible are gone for good.
Robert Teigrob, Ryerson University
Canadian Public Policy, Vol XXXVII, No. 1
The judges in the 2010 Donner Prize competition for the best book on Canadian public policy made no mistake to choose Brian Bow’s Politics of Linkage. Bow has crafted a ... Read more
Robert Teigrob, Ryerson University
Canadian Public Policy, Vol XXXVII, No. 1
The judges in the 2010 Donner Prize competition for the best book on Canadian public policy made no mistake to choose Brian Bow’s Politics of Linkage. Bow has crafted a ... Read more