Promoting Canadian Studies Abroad: Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy (Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy)

ISBN 10: 3319740261 / ISBN 13: 9783319740263

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Promoting Canadian Studies Abroad: Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy (Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319740261
• ISBN 13: 9783319740263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume examines the history and current state of Canadian studies in a number of countries and regions across the world, including Canada's major trading partners. From the mid-1980s until 2012, Canadian studies was seen as an important tool of soft power, increasing awareness of Canadian culture, institutions and history. The abrupt termination in 2012 of the Canadian government's financial support for these activities triggered a debate that is still ongoing about the benefits that may have flowed from this support and whether the decision should be reversed. The contributors to this book focus on the process whereby Canadian studies became institutionalized in their respective countries and on the balance between what might be described as Canadian studies for its own sake versus Canadian studies as a deliberate instrument of cultural diplomacy. 

About the Author

Stephen Brooks is Professor of Political Science at University of Windsor, Canada, and Occasional Lecturer at Sciences Po Lille, France.