The Strategic Constitution : Understanding Canadian Power in the World / Irvin Studin.
2014
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Author
Studin, Irvin author.
Title
The Strategic Constitution : Understanding Canadian Power in the World / Irvin Studin.
Imprint
Vancouver ; Toronto : University of British Columbia Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Description
1 online resource (284 p.)
Series
Law and Society.
Formatted Contents Note
Front Matter
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Conceptual Framework for Assessing Canadian Strategic Power in Constitutional Terms
Framing Some Key Concepts
Diplomacy
The Military
Government, or Pure Executive Potency
Natural Resources (and Food)
National Economic Might
Communications
Population
The Strategic Constitution as Conceptual and Analytical Framework
Applying the Conceptual Framework: Four Policy Case Studies
Case Study A
Case Study B
Case Study C
Case Study D
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Indexes
Law and Society
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Conceptual Framework for Assessing Canadian Strategic Power in Constitutional Terms
Framing Some Key Concepts
Diplomacy
The Military
Government, or Pure Executive Potency
Natural Resources (and Food)
National Economic Might
Communications
Population
The Strategic Constitution as Conceptual and Analytical Framework
Applying the Conceptual Framework: Four Policy Case Studies
Case Study A
Case Study B
Case Study C
Case Study D
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Indexes
Law and Society
Summary
Historically, Canada's Constitution has been principally viewed as a federal framework or a rights bulwark. This book offers a brand new interpretation. The "Strategic Constitution," as proposed by Irvin Studin, can be a framework for Canada to project strategic power in the world. This framework lays the foundations for a new school of Canadian constitutional scholarship. Studin begins by reducing the Constitution to its strategically relevant essentials or building blocks. He then provides a wide-ranging audit of the Constitution in terms of its implications for so-called factors of strategic power: the military, diplomacy, executive potency, natural resources, the economy, strategic communications, and the national population. He later applies the Strategic Constitution framework to four policy case studies: Canadian regional leadership in the Americas; bona fide war (as in Afghanistan); Arctic sovereignty; and counterterrorism. Provocative and well-argued, this book makes the case for the Constitution being a highly flexible national framework that quietly harbours seeds of national strategic potency.
Language Note
In English.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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DeGruyter online
Language
English
ISBN
9780774827164
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