Printed in Canada on acid - free paper Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Hilliker , John , 1935- Canada's Department of External Affairs Contents ; v . 1. The early years , 1909-1946 . Includes bibliographical references .
Author: John Hilliker
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773507515
Category: Political Science
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This first volume of the official history of the Department of External Affairs covers the department's administrative growth from its formation in 1909 through the major changes brought about by World War II.
... of External Affairs ( subsequently External Affairs and International Trade Canada and Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade ) ... 1 : The Early Years , 1909-1946 ( Montreal and Kingston : McGill - Queen's , 1990 ) .
After an introductory chapter dealing with the conduct of external relations before 1909, the book examines three distinct phases of the department's development.
Author: John Hilliker
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773562332
Category: History
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After an introductory chapter dealing with the conduct of external relations before 1909, the book examines three distinct phases of the department's development. Although the department had modest beginnings under the first under-secretary, Sir Joseph Pope (1909-1925), it was seen by his successor, O.D. Skelton, as an important instrument for the assertion of Canadian autonomy. Skelton presided over the establishment of the first Canadian diplomatic missions abroad, and was responsible for the creation of a foreign service to staff them. With the outbreak of the war in 1939, both the responsibilities and the size of the department underwent substantial organizational change under Norman Robertson, who became under-secretary after Skelton's death in 1941. Taken together, the criteria for recruitment introduced by Skelton and the reorganization which took place under Robertson gave the department many of the features which have characterized it as a branch of the Canadian government. The further development of the institution will be examined in a second volume covering the years 1946-1968. Since the prime minister was secretary of state for External Affairs during much of the period covered by volume I, the book contributes to an understanding of the operation of the Canadian government as a whole as well as of a single department. It also examines the policy making process and therefore will be of interest to students of international relations as well as of public administration.
Hervouet, Gérard (1981): Le Canada face à l'Asie de l'Est, 1968-1980. Québec: Nouvelle Optique. Hilliker, John (1990): Canada's Department of External Affairs, vol 1: The Early Years, 1909-1946. Montréal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's ...
Author: Wilfried von Bredow
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
ISBN: 9783322804839
Category: Political Science
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Die Politik Kanadas ist hierzulande weitgehend unbekannt, obwohl dieses Land zu den "erfolgreichsten" der Welt gehört. Das gilt ebenso für seine Außenpolitik. Mit diesem Band wird deshalb eine Lücke geschlossen: Er enthält einerseits einen Überblick zu den Voraussetzungen, Schwerpunkten und Besonderheiten der kanadischen Außenpolitik, wie sie sich nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg entwickelt hat. Andererseits werden für wichtige Einzelfelder kanadischer Politik im internationalen System der Gegenwart die zentralen Konzepte, Vorstellungen und Aktionsmuster vorgestellt und analysiert. Insgesamt entsteht das Bild einer "freundlichen Mittelmacht", deren Kultur des Multilateralismus auch zum Vergleich mit der Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik einlädt.
... DCER Department of External Affairs ( subsequently External Affairs and International Trade Canada and Department of Foreign Affairs and ... 1 : The Early Years , 1909-1946 ( Montreal and Kingston : McGill - Queen's , 1990 ) .
Author: John Hilliker
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773562349
Category: History
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In 1946, with its own minister for the first time, the Department of External Affairs embarked on a period of impressive growth and assumed responsibility for a broader range of foreign policy issues than ever before. Under the expert guidance of Lester Pearson, for a decade the department enjoyed popular and parliamentary consensus about international interests. The election of the Diefenbaker government in 1957 deprived the department of Pearson's experienced ministerial direction and exposed it to new priorities and new ways of doing things. At this time foreign policy consensus began to erode. As well, there was pressure to respond to the administrative revolution inaugurated by the Royal Commission on Government Organization (the Glassco Commission) appointed in 1960. After Pearson returned to office as prime minister in 1963, questioning by the public, and also by the governing party and the cabinet, became more fervent. Coming of Age concludes in 1968 as indications of a challenge to the principles underlying Canadian foreign policy emerged from a new generation of ministers, a challenge that would produce major changes after Pierre Trudeau became prime minister.
Preface 1 2 John Hilliker, Canada's Department of External Affairs, vol. I, The Early Years, 1909–1946 (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990). John Hilliker and Donald Barry, Canada's Department of External ...
Author: John Hilliker
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9781487514969
Category: Political Science
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Volume three of the official history of Canada’s Department of External Affairs offers readers an unparalleled look at the evolving structures underpinning Canadian foreign policy from 1968 to 1984. Using untapped archival sources and extensive interviews with top-level officials and ministers, the volume presents a frank “insider’s view” of work in the Department, its key personalities, and its role in making Canada’s foreign policy. In doing so, the volume presents novel perspectives on Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the country’s responses to the era’s most important international challenges. These include the October Crisis of 1970, recognition of Communist China, UN peacekeeping, decolonization and the North-South dialogue, the Middle East and the Iran Hostage crisis, and the ever-dangerous Cold War.
Memorandum, 1 July 1946, Library and Archives Canada [LAC], RG25, vol. 5805, file 300-B(s). John Hilliker, Canada's Department of External Affairs, vol. 1, The Early Years, 1909-1946 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990), ...
Author: Kurt F. Jensen
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 9780774858458
Category: History
Page: 252
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Kurt F. Jensen argues that Canada was a more active intelligence partner in the Second World War alliance than has previously been suggested. He describes Canada's contributions to Allied intelligence before the war began, as well as the distinctly Canadian activities that started from that point. He reveals how the government created an intelligence organization during the war to aid Allied resources. This is a convincing portrait of a nation with an active role in Second World War intelligence gathering, one that continues to influence the architecture of its current capabilities.
Australia and Canada in a Changing World Order Andrew Fenton Cooper, Richard A. Higgott, Kim Richard Nossal ... with a ... role in government which is essentially different from that of the old Department of External Affairs .
Author: Andrew Fenton Cooper
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774804505
Category: History
Page: 260
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The fall of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union were only two of the many events that profoundly altered the international political system in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In a world no longer dominated by Cold War tensions, nation states have had to rethink their international roles and focus on economic rather than military concerns. This book examines how two middle powers, Australia and Canada, are grappling with the difficult process of relocating themselves in the rapidly changing international economy. The authors argue that the concept of middle power has continuing relevance in contemporary international relations theory, and they present a number of case studies to illustrate the changing nature of middle power behaviour.
... and Their Outcomes Malcolm G. Taylor Canada and Immigration : Public Policy and Public Concern Second Edition Freda Hawkins Canada's Department of External Affairs : The Early Years , 1909-1946 John Hilliker An edition in French has ...
Author: Christopher J. C. Dunn
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773512837
Category: Political Science
Page: 366
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In this systematic investigation of how central executives in western Canadian provinces actually function, Christopher Dunn describes the evolution of cabinet decision making from a relatively uncoordinated structure into the institutionalized (or structured) cabinet of the postwar era. Dunn investigates the factors that led to the initiation and persistence of institutionalized cabinets in the governments of T.C. Douglas in Saskatchewan, Duff Roblin and Walter Weir in Manitoba, and W.R. Bennett in British Columbia. He describes the transition from unaided central executive structures to those that are more structured, collegial, and prone to emphasize planning and coordination. He also examines how the premier's role has expanded from simply choosing cabinets to reorganizing their structure and decision-making processes. The institutionalization of provincial cabinets has had major effects on both political actors and functions in the three provinces studied. Dunn shows that cabinet structure has changed, and been changed by, power relations within the cabinet.
22 John Hilliker, Canada's Department of External Affairs, vol. 1, The Early Years, 1909–1946 (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990), 173–5. 23 Extract from meeting of Imperial Conference, 21 May 1937, in John A.
Author: Norman Hillmer
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773532724
Category: Political Science
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This edited work offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the meanings, uses, and contradictions of nationalism, critical to contemporary understandings of Canada and Canadians.