Review: Canada: Canada's Foreign Policy
| Date | 01 December 1979 |
| Author | Kim Richard Nossal |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070207903400417 |
| Published date | 01 December 1979 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
732
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
social
welfare,
trade,
and
the
expanding
interests
of
Canada
abroad.
They
deserve
to
be
read
with
care.
The
volume contains
a
careful
bibliography
of
publications
by
and
about
Mackenzie
King.
James
A.
Gibson/Brock University
CANADA'S
FOREIGN
POLICY
Analysis
and
Trends
Brian
Tomlin
Agincourt,
Ont:
Methuen,
1978,
xiv,
213pp,
$7.95
In
the
literature
of
Canadian
foreign
policy,
this
collection of
essays
is
unique.
Brian
Tomlin
has
edited
nine
essays
that
differ
from
the
exist-
ing
literature
not
only
in
scope
but
in
methodology.
Each
of
the
three
sections
offers
something
to
the
student
of
Cana-
dian external
relations.
In
the
first,
quantitative
techniques
are
applied
to
historical
analyses
of
foreign
policy.
Don
Munton
looks
at
Canadian
behaviour
towards
the
United
States
and
the
Soviet
Union
by
examin-
ing
event
data
over
thirteen
years.
Michael
Dolan,
also
utilizing
event
data,
focusses
on the
counterweight
concept
in Canadian
foreign policy.
Tomlin
re-assesses
Canada's role
at
the
United
Nations
using
roll-call
voting
as
an
indicator.
The
second
section
offers
excellent
additions
to
the
study
of
con-
temporary
policy,
particularly
on
resource
and
economic
issues.
The
papers
by
John
McDougall
on
fuel
policy,
by
Harald
von
Riekhoff
on
the
Third
Option,
and
by
Jeanne
Laux
on
economic
interdependence
are
perceptive
and thought-provoking.
The
final
part
of
this collection
provides
a
rare
glimpse
into
the
thoughts
about
the
future
of
those
who
help
shape
policy
today.
R.B.
Byers,
David
Leyton-Brown,
and
Peyton
Lyon
offer
further
findings
from
their
interviews
with Canada's
foreign
policy 6lite:
on
this
occasion
perceptions of
the
international
system
in
the
year
2ooo.
Tomlin,
von
Riekhoff,
and
John
Sigler
examine the
degree
of
consensus
about
future
international
food
policy
among
officials
in
Ottawa.
Finally,
Munton
and
Dean
Swanson
report
the
findings
of
a
'Delphi'
forecasting
exercise
focussing
on
Canadian-American
relations
in
the
ig8os.
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