Canada and Eastern Europe, 1945–1991

Meeting in the Middle

Andrea Chandler (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2024
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-963-386-772-3 (ISBN)

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How democratic regimes should engage with authoritarian regimes, or self-proclaimed authorities in states under occupation, has long been a subject of debate. The work examines Canada's relations with member-states of the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. Central and East European communist states were nominally independent but established under occupation. Canadian leaders explored whether engaging in foreign relations with these countries would encourage liberalization or embolden dictatorships. Over time, Canada's position evolved as a policy of encouraging bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, while calling for the respect of human rights. However, Canada's economic relationship with East European states was at times at cross-purposes with its democratic principles. Andrea Chandler concludes that while Canada did play a role in encouraging democratization, the country's leaders did not sufficiently consider the impact of these policies on the citizens of Warsaw Pact countries.

This book treats Canada’s engagement with Hungary, Poland, the German Democratic Republic, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, in which the Western countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (including Canada) had an adversarial relation with the Soviet bloc nations.

Andrea Chandler is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where she teaches courses in comparative politics, democracy, and politics of Russia and Eastern Europe. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), she has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and books, including the monograph Democracy, Gender and Social Policy in Russia: a Wayward Society. (Houndsmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Sovereignty, Diplomatic Engagement, and Regime Legitimacy during the Cold War

Chapter 2. Canada, the Western Alliance, and the Soviet-Occupied Nations, 1945–1953

Chapter 3. Property, Sovereignty, and Human Rights: Three Case Studies

Chapter 4. Canada and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956: An Early Example of “Democracy Promotion”?

Chapter 5. Cautious Engagement with the East Bloc, 1957–1971

Chapter 6. Canada and the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the 1970s

Chapter 7. Liberal Norms and Neoliberal Practices in the Cold War’s Final Years, 1979–1991

Chapter 8. Détente or Debacle: Canada and Romania, 1968–1989

Conclusion: Lessons of Canada’s Experience for Confronting Authoritarianism and Occupation

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2024
Reihe/Serie	Crisis, Conflict and Security in Central and Eastern Europe
Zusatzinfo	4 Figures
Verlagsort	Budapest
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	503 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	963-386-772-X / 963386772X
ISBN-13	978-963-386-772-3 / 9789633867723
Zustand	Neuware