1st Edition
Canada and Eastern Europe, 1945-1991 Meeting in the Middle
By Andrea Chandler
Copyright 2024
290 Pages
by
Central European University Press
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... Read more
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 109, 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, Bibliography, Index
Biography
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, andpolitics of Russia and Eastern Europe.
