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| ISBN: | 9781771120616
1771120614
9781771120623
1771120622
9781771120609
1771120606
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary: | Canada's engagement with post-independence Africa presents a puzzle. Although Canada is recognized for its activism where Africa is concerned, critics have long noted the contradictions that underlie Canadian involvement. Focusing on the period following 2000, and by juxtaposing Jean Chrétien's G8 activism with the Harper government's retreat from continental engagement, David R. Black's Canada and Africa in the New Millennium illustrates a history of consistent inconsistency in Canada's relationship with Africa. Black combines three interpretive frames to account for this record: the tradition of "good international citizenship"; Canada's role as a benign face of Western hegemonic interests in Africa; and Africa's role as the basis for a longstanding narrative concerning Canada's ethical mission in the world. To examine Africa's place in Canada's foreign policy--and Canada's place in Africa--Black focuses on G8 diplomacy, foreign aid, security assistance through peace operations and training, and the increasingly controversial impact of Canadian extractive companies. Offering an integrated account of Canada's role in sub-Saharan Africa, Black provides a way of understanding the nature and resilience of recent shifts in Canadian policy. He underscores how Africa--though marginal to Canadian interests as traditionally conceived--has served as an important marker of Canada's international role
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| Other form: | Print version:Black, David R. (David Ross), 1960- Canada and Africa in the new millennium.
Print version: Black, David R. (David Ross), 1960- Canada and Africa in the new millennium. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2015] 1771120606 9781771120609
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