Locating Global Order

American Power and Canadian Security after 9/11

Edited by Bruno Charbonneau & Wayne S. Cox
Categories: Political Science, International Political Science, Canadian Political Science, Security, Peace & Conflict Studies, International Relations
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774818315, 368 pages, August 2010
Paperback : 9780774818322, 368 pages, January 2011
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774818339, 368 pages, January 2011

Table of contents

Preface

Introduction: Locating Global Order / Bruno Charbonneau and
Wayne S. Cox

Part 1: American Power and the Location of Global
Order

1 Hegemony, Militarism, and Identity: Locating the United States as
the Global Power / Dan O’Meara

2 The Neoconservative Challenge to Realist Thinking in American
Foreign Policy / Alex Macleod

Part 2: Constructing Global Order at Home and
AbroadThe Case of Canada’s Mission in
Afghanistan

3 Managing Life in Afghanistan: Canadian Tales of Peace, Security,
and Development / Bruno Charbonneau and Geneviève Parent

4 Rethinking the Security Imaginary: Canadian Security and the Case
of Afghanistan / Kim Richard Nossal

5 Constructions of Nation, Constructions of War: Media
Representations of Captain Nichola Goddard / Claire Turenne
Sjolander and Kathryn Trevenen

Part 3: Constructing Global Order at Home
Conceptualizations and Practices of National
Security

6 Against National Security: From the Canadian War on Queers to the
"War on Terror" / Gary Kinsman

7 Framing Post-9/11 Security: Tales of State Securitization and of
the Experiences of Muslim Communities / Siobhan Byrne

8 Re-Conceptions of National Security in the Age of Terrorism:
Implications for Federal Policing in Canada / T.S. (Todd)
Hataley

9 Biosecurity in Canada and Beyond: Invasions, Imperialisms, and
Sovereignty / Peter Stoett

Part 4: Constructing Global Order Abroad
Canada’s Policies in Africa

10 Canada, Africa and "New" Multilateralisms for Global
Governance: Before and After the Harper Regime in Ottawa? / Timothy
M. Shaw

11 Mainstreaming Investment: Foreign and Security Policy
Implications of Canadian Extractive Industries in Africa / David
Black and Malcolm Savage

12 Peace-Building between Canadian Values and Local Knowledge: Some
Lessons from Timbuktu / Jonathan Sears

13 Conclusion: Relocating Global Order / Bruno Charbonneau and
Wayne S. Cox

References

Index

The evolution of Canadian security policy at home and abroad reveals
that global order post-9/11 is not exclusively American – allied
nations are integral to the construction and maintenance of its power.

Description

Since 9/11, policy-makers and observers have questioned whether America
should don the mantle of empire for the sake of world peace, or whether
peace will come through world government. Locating Global
Order questions the very idea that the political order is
hierarchical, with state and international institutions at the top and
groups and individuals at the bottom. Chapters examining various case
studies on Canada’s role in the construction and maintenance of
order domestically and internationally reveal that the global order
post-9/11 is not exclusively American – allied powers are a key
component of its hegemony.