Canada en(counters) terrorism: US-Canada relations and counter-terrorism policy
Abstract
This paper examines the role of identity in shaping counter-terrorism policy in Canada. We show that identity functions in three ways: constitutively by defining the range of choices a state is likely to consider; strategically by being a resource to buttress arguments based in economic or sovereignty interests; and heuristically by using identity as a marker for risk. This three-faceted explanation helps explain why, despite close economic, social, and political links between Canada and the United States which might lead us to expect Canada to follow American counter-terrorism policy, Canadian counter-terrorism policy often diverges from the American lead.
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Veronica Kitchen, Karthika Sasikumar
(2009).
Canada en(counters) terrorism: US-Canada relations and counter-terrorism policy. UWSpace.
http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14186
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