Canada and the challenges of international development and globalization

What areCanada's various links with international development and globalization? Theyextend beyond foreign aid to diplomacy, trade, finance, aid, immigration,military intervention (both peacekeeping and combat roles), membership in avariety of international organizations, relations with indigenous peoples, andpeople-to-people links.

Thismulti-disciplinary and multi-author textbook, designed for first- orsecond-year students, introduces the main concepts, theories, and perspectivesthat have shaped Canada's interactions with developing countries in aglobalizing world. It starts by considering Canada as a case study ininternational development and globalization. It examines Canada's diplomatic,economic, military, social, immigration and aid policies, how they have changedover time and how they have interacted with each other and with Canada'streatment of Indigenous peoples. The book presents economic, political, andcultural dimensions of the process of globalization and the ways they affectCanada; examines the public institutions, private sector and civil societyorganizations in Canada; and explores the moral imperatives behind Canadianinternational policy. Finally, it examines current issues, including Canada'spromotion of human rights, democracy, good governance, support to the private sector,and relations with fragile and conflict-affected states and the emergingeconomies.