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A Comparative Study Of Chinese Foreign Policy Restructuring., Lizhu. Zhang
A Comparative Study Of Chinese Foreign Policy Restructuring., Lizhu. Zhang
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This thesis focuses on foreign policy changes over the forty-five year history of the People's Republic of China, attempts to explain these changes, and explores a model that analyzes China's foreign policy and predicts tendencies for further transition. The analytic framework incorporates Kal J. Holsti's foreign policy restructuring model, focusing on a particular type of foreign policy change--restructuring. This is the dramatic, wholesale alteration of a nation's pattern of external relations. Holsti believes that the impetus for foreign policy restructuring is often a response to a threat--but not always a military threat. The threats of the modern era contain cultural, …
Human Rights In The Canada-China Relationship: The Impact Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre., Paul. Gecelovsky
Human Rights In The Canada-China Relationship: The Impact Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre., Paul. Gecelovsky
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The purpose of this study is to examine human rights as a factor in Canada-China relations, especially in the context of the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 1989. Chapter One explores differing Canadian and Chinese perspectives on human rights and discusses the concept of "first priority rights" as a basis for formulating Canada's human rights policies towards China and other countries. Chapter Two traces the development of Canada-China relations, especially from 1970 to 1989, and discusses the evolution of the theme of human rights in Canadian foreign policy. Chapter Three explores the specifics of the Canadian response to the Tiananmen …
'Exhilaration And Anxiety': The Contemporary Peacekeeping Debate In Canada., Brian. Falck
'Exhilaration And Anxiety': The Contemporary Peacekeeping Debate In Canada., Brian. Falck
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This thesis seeks primarily to analyze the views expressed on peacekeeping from March 1, 1992 to March 31, 1993 by Canadian elites, the press, Members of Parliament and government officials. After a brief introduction of the topic in Chapter One, Chapter Two examines the literature on peacekeeping from 1948 to 1992. This investigation reveals that the peacekeeping debate during this time period was narrowly focused on a limited range of peacekeeping subjects. As well, this chapter shows how major peacekeeping events spurred a change in opinion of informed servers on the utility of peacekeeping. Chapter Three discusses the methodology (content …
The United Nations In Cambodia And El Salvador: Promoter Of Peace Or Accessory To Revolution?, J. Taylor. Wentges
The United Nations In Cambodia And El Salvador: Promoter Of Peace Or Accessory To Revolution?, J. Taylor. Wentges
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Under the right conditions, flawed U.N. interventions can actually help to increase the potential for revolution. Looking at relatively homogeneous nation-states in particular, this revolutionary potential is highest when there is a conjuncture of the following elements: crisis of state resources, elite alienation and division, mass mobilization potential and an effective revolutionary movement. In countries with rigid and underdeveloped political and economic institutions, fundamental and rapid forces of change can accelerate the society toward this revolutionary situation (i.e. conjuncture of elements). The findings of this thesis suggest that a large-scale U.N. peacekeeping operation, improperly conceived and implemented, can become such …