From Kinshasa to Kandahar : Canada and Fragile States in Historical Perspective

• Superior document: Beyond boundaries : Canadian defence and strategic studies series, no. 6
• HerausgeberIn: Carroll, Michael K.
• Sonstige: Donaghy, Greg; Carroll, Michael K.
• Place / Publishing House: Calgary, Alberta : : University of Calgary Press,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Beyond boundaries series ; no. 6.
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (304 p.)

Failed or fragile states are those that are unable or unwilling to provide a socio-political framework for citizens and meet their basic needs. They are a source of terrorism and international crime, as well as incubators of infectious disease, environmental degradation, and unregulated mass migration. Canada's engagement with countries such as the Congo, East Timor, Bosnia, and Afghanistan underlines the commitment of successive Canadian governments to addressing the threats posed to Western security by state fragility. From Kinshasa to Kandahar: Canada and Fragile States in Historical Perspective brings together leading Canadian historians and political scientists to explore Canada's historic relationship with fragile states. The collection spans the period from the 1960s to the present and covers a geographical range that stretches from the Middle East to Latin America to Southeast Asia. Authors embrace a variety of approaches and methodologies, including traditional archival historical research, postmodern textual analysis, oral history, and administrative studies to chronicle and explain Canada's engagement with fragile and failed states. This collection reflects the growing public interest in the issue of failed states, which are of increasing concern to Canadian policymakers and are making headlines on the world stage. It helps explain the historic forces that have shaped Canadian policy towards failed and fragile states, and provides a platform for a national discussion about Canada's future role addressing state fragility.

Table of Contents

List of Acronyms; INTRODUCTION; 1: RESPONDING TO FAILEDAND FRAGILE STATES: The Evolution of Canadian Policy; 2: PRESENT AT THE CREATION? Canada, United Nations Intervention, and the Congo as a Failed State,1960-64; 3: THE POLITICS OF AFRICAN INTERVENTION: Canada and Biafra, 1967-70; 4: FAILING FRAGILE STATES: Canada and East Timor; 5: ENTANGLED: Canadian Engagement in Haiti, 1968-2010; 6: DIAGNOSTIC CONFUSIONAND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: Canada and Pakistan's "Failed State."

7: BOSNIA: From Failed State to Functioning State8: SIX YEARS IN KANDAHAR: Understanding Canada's Multidimensional Effort to Builda Sustainable Afghan State; 9: CANADA AND FRAGILESTATES IN THE AMERICAS; 10: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN FRAGILE AND STABLE STATES: Dilemmas and Opportunities in South Sudan and Ghana; 11: CONCLUSION; CONTRIBUTORS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.