Author: Christopher MacLennan Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 9780773525368 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 252
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At the end of the Second World War, a growing concern that Canadians' civil liberties were not adequately protected, coupled with the international revival of the concept of universal human rights, led to a long public campaign to adopt a national bill of rights. While these initial efforts had been only partially successful by the 1960s, they laid the foundation for the radical change in Canadian human rights achieved by Pierre Elliott Trudeau in the 1980s. In Toward the Charter Christopher MacLennan explores the origins of this dramatic revolution in Canadian human rights, from its beginnings in the Great Depression to the critical developments of the 1960s. Drawing heavily on the experiences of a diverse range of human rights advocates, the author provides a detailed account of the various efforts to resist the abuse of civil liberties at the hands of the federal government and provincial legislatures and the resulting campaign for a national bill of rights. The important roles played by parliamentarians such as John Diefenbaker and academics such as F.R. Scott are placed alongside those of trade unionists, women, and a long list of individuals representing Canada's multicultural groups to reveal the diversity of the bill of rights movement. At the same time MacLennan weaves Canadian-made arguments for a bill of rights with ideas from the international human rights movement led by the United Nations to show that the Canadian experience can only be understood within a wider, global context.
Author: Robert D. Blackwill Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations ISBN: 0876096461 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 70
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Robert D. Blackwill and Ashley J. Tellis argue that the United States has responded inadequately to the rise of Chinese power. This Council Special Report recommends placing less strategic emphasis on the goal of integrating China into the international system and more on balancing China's rise.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs (1789-1975) Publisher: ISBN: Category : Legislative hearings Languages : en Pages : 698
Author: Ian McGibbon Publisher: Massey University Press ISBN: 1991016093 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 591
Book Description
Since 1943, during war, humanitarian and natural disasters, and flashpoints of global tension, one government department has been charged with the critical role of representing New Zealand's interests overseas. In doing so, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (and its predecessors) has needed to respond to ever-evolving political and military allegiances, trade globalization, economic threats, natural disasters, and military conflict on behalf of a small nation that seeks to engage on the global stage while maintaining the principles that underpin its political institutions. For more than 75 years the ministry has been served by some remarkable people, dedicated to an organization that has reflected New Zealand's developing sense of nationhood and place in world. This history of the foreign service, edited by one of New Zealand's foremost historians, captures the high stakes, skill, and intelligence involved in the development of a unique organization.
Author: Christopher MacLennan
Author: Robert D. Blackwill
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Author: United States. Department of State
Author: United States. Department of State
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs (1789-1975)
Author: Ian McGibbon
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