Unsettled Balance
Ethics, Security, and Canada's International Relations
Published on 15. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
318 pages
978-0-7748-2866-6 (ISBN)
Description
Since 9/11, the wars on terror, economic crises, climate change, and humanitarian emergencies have forced decision makers to institute new measures to maintain security. Foreign policy analysts tend to view these decisions as being divorced from ethics, but Unsettled Balance shows that arguments about rights, obligations, norms, and values have played a profound role in Canadian foreign policy and international relations since the 1990s.
The contributors to this volume examine a range of topics - from funding for climate change adaptation to the militarization of humanitarian aid - to collectively explore three key questions. What is the meaning of "ethics" and "security," and how are they linked? To what extent have considerations of ethics and security changed in the twenty-first century? And what are the implications of a shifting historical context for Canada's international relations? Their conclusions are essential reading for anyone who wants to understand not only how Canada responds to global challenges but also why it responds the way it does.
The contributors to this volume examine a range of topics - from funding for climate change adaptation to the militarization of humanitarian aid - to collectively explore three key questions. What is the meaning of "ethics" and "security," and how are they linked? To what extent have considerations of ethics and security changed in the twenty-first century? And what are the implications of a shifting historical context for Canada's international relations? Their conclusions are essential reading for anyone who wants to understand not only how Canada responds to global challenges but also why it responds the way it does.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-2866-6 (9780774828666)
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Person
Rosalind Warner is a continuing college professor of political science at Okanagan College. Her research focuses on ethics, security and Canadian foreign policy; environment and trade; protected areas governance in North America; and global governance. She is the editor of Ethics and Security in Canadian Foreign Policy (UBC Press, 2001).
Content
Introduction
Ethics and Security: New Issues and Contexts for Decision Making / Rosalind Warner
Part 1: Freedom from Fear: Humanitarianism and Military Security
1 The Responsibility to Protect: From Evolving Norm to Practice / W. Andy Knight
2 War-Fighting and the Decline of Humanitarian Space in Canadian Security Policy / Alistair Edgar
3 The Commercial Military and Security Services Industry: A Canadian Consideration? / Chris Hendershot
Part 2: Security across Borders
4 Charter Values and Post-9/11 Security and Terrorism Law and Policy: Comparing Canada's "Home" and "Away" Games / Barbara J. Falk
5 The Ethics of Mega-Event Security: When the World Comes to Visit / Veronica Kitchen
Part 3: Freedom from Want: Development, Gender, and Environment
6 What Does It Mean to Be a Country of Focus? Canada's Foreign Aid to Ethiopia / David R. Black and Rebecca Tiessen
7 Losing Gender Equality along the Way: The Failure to Mainstream Gender in Canada's Commitments to International Security and Development / Rebecca Tiessen and Sarah Tuckey
8 Spreading the Guilt: Canada and Climate Change Adaptation Funding / Peter Stoett
Part 4: Regional Security: Countries and Areas
9 Ethics, Security, and Free-Trade Agreements: The Case of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement / Jim Rochlin
10 Canada's Moral Identity in Africa and Its Implications for Policy in the Twenty-First Century / Edward Akuffo
Conclusion: Moving Forward with Ethics and Security / Rosalind Warner
Questions for Discussion
Suggested Readings
Index
Ethics and Security: New Issues and Contexts for Decision Making / Rosalind Warner
Part 1: Freedom from Fear: Humanitarianism and Military Security
1 The Responsibility to Protect: From Evolving Norm to Practice / W. Andy Knight
2 War-Fighting and the Decline of Humanitarian Space in Canadian Security Policy / Alistair Edgar
3 The Commercial Military and Security Services Industry: A Canadian Consideration? / Chris Hendershot
Part 2: Security across Borders
4 Charter Values and Post-9/11 Security and Terrorism Law and Policy: Comparing Canada's "Home" and "Away" Games / Barbara J. Falk
5 The Ethics of Mega-Event Security: When the World Comes to Visit / Veronica Kitchen
Part 3: Freedom from Want: Development, Gender, and Environment
6 What Does It Mean to Be a Country of Focus? Canada's Foreign Aid to Ethiopia / David R. Black and Rebecca Tiessen
7 Losing Gender Equality along the Way: The Failure to Mainstream Gender in Canada's Commitments to International Security and Development / Rebecca Tiessen and Sarah Tuckey
8 Spreading the Guilt: Canada and Climate Change Adaptation Funding / Peter Stoett
Part 4: Regional Security: Countries and Areas
9 Ethics, Security, and Free-Trade Agreements: The Case of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement / Jim Rochlin
10 Canada's Moral Identity in Africa and Its Implications for Policy in the Twenty-First Century / Edward Akuffo
Conclusion: Moving Forward with Ethics and Security / Rosalind Warner
Questions for Discussion
Suggested Readings
Index