Overview
- Assesses the early success against the 2012 termination of the Canadian government’s “Understanding Canada” program
- Evaluates the implications of the program for Canadian Studies in key research centres abroad
- Discusses the role of government support of cultural goals, and its broader implications beyond the Canadian context
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy (GPD)
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“This account of Canadian Studies around much of the world raises the issue of the value and significance of cultural diplomacy. For roughly four decades, successive Canadian governments supported Understanding Canada, a modest program of cultural diplomacy delivered through academic programs: courses; study tours; conferences; and Canadian Studies Associations world-wide. The book provides a detailed and fascinating account while seeking to both document and assess the significance of Canadian Studies as a ‘soft power’ program of Canadian foreign policy that was terminated in 2012. The authors argue that the subsequent decline of Canadian Studies around the world diminishes Canada’s cultural capital abroad and its ability to promote its interests world-wide.” (Diddy R. M. Hitchins, MBE, British Honorary Consul for Alaska, and Past President, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Promoting Canadian Studies Abroad
Book Subtitle: Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy
Editors: Stephen Brooks
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74027-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74026-3Published: 29 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08904-7Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74027-0Published: 13 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2731-3883
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3891
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 250
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, International Relations Theory, Public Policy, International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics