Bilateral aid in Canada's foreign policy : the human rights rhetoric-practice gap

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dc.contributor.authorKellett, Ken
dc.contributor.supervisorKukucha, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-31T18:33:38Z
dc.date.available2013-10-31T18:33:38Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionvi, 141 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractSuccessive Canadian federal governments have officially indicated their support of human rights in foreign policy, including as they relate to aid-giving. This thesis quantitatively tests this rhetoric with the actual practice of bilateral aid-giving in two time periods – 1998-2000 and 2007-2009. This, however, revealed that Canada has actually tended to give more bilateral aid to countries with poorer human rights records. A deeper quantitative analysis identifies certain multilateral memberships – notably with the Commonwealth, NATO, and OECD – and the geo-political and domestic considerations of Haiti as significant and confirms a recipient state’s human rights performance is not a consideration. These multilateral relationships reflect state self-interests, historical connections, security, and a normative commitment to poverty reduction. It is these factors that those promoting a human rights agenda need to contemplate if recipient state performance is to become relevant in bilateral aid decisions. Thus, it is necessary to turn to international relations theory, in particular liberal institutionalism, to explain Canada’s bilateral aid-giving in these periods.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3298
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Political Science, c2013en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectHuman rights -- Developing countriesen_US
dc.subjectEconomic assistance, Canadian -- Developing countriesen_US
dc.subjectCanada -- Foreign relations -- Developing countriesen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping countries -- Foreign relations -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleBilateral aid in Canada's foreign policy : the human rights rhetoric-practice gapen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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