International Relations & Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The government’s spin, part two From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	Despite the Conservatives’ efforts to limit debate, other politicians were able to use the process at the House of Commons trade committee, and elsewhere in Parliament, to put important …	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From NEW! "The hottest of hot spots" From: Targeting Libya View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at the period of the late 2000s, when Libya’s uneasy opening to foreign investment exacerbated internal political battles while SNC-Lavalin courted the Qadaffi sons with …	Owen Schalk	8	2025	$0.80 Add
From NEW! The Just Society and the Jamahiriya From: Targeting Libya View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter explains how during the late 1960s Pierre Trudeau continued Canada’s longstanding pattern of backing corporate expansion and Cold War anti-communism abroad. In contrast, …	Owen Schalk	23	2025	$2.30 Add
From “The largest energy project in the entire world” From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes reports about why the Harper Government would support this plan tieing their support to the oil sands and finds the government seemed anxious for China to support Canada’s resource …	Gus Van Harten	12	2015	$1.20 Add
From The legal challenge to the FIPA, part one From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	The public opposition to the China FIPA included thousands of people who took steps to support an effort by the Hupacasath First Nation, an aboriginal community on Vancouver Island in British …	Gus Van Harten	11	2015	$1.10 Add
From The legal challenge to the FIPA, part two From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	Through focusing on the arguments of the government’s foreign investment expert, J. Christopher Thomas, and how the courts favoured his opinions Van Harten outlines how the legal challenge …	Gus Van Harten	10	2015	$1.00 Add
From NEW! The Mad Dog From: Targeting Libya View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at Qadhafi’s radical reform program of the 1980s, which clashed violently with the US-led world order. As Libya used oil, arms, and support for liberation movements to …	Owen Schalk	15	2025	$1.50 Add
From The magical FIPA: attracting Chinese investment without any environmental impact! From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	It is especially telling that the government, in its environmental assessment of the China FIPA, discounted entirely the possibility of environmental impacts of new Chinese investment in Canada. …	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From The Minister’s Downfall From: Canada is Not Back View James Lorimer and Company	A rare insider’s perspective on the operation of the Trudeau cabinet and PMO. Describes Justin Trudeau’s relationship with Stephane Dion while Dion served as Minister of Foreign …	Jocelyn Coulon	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From NEW! The multipolar world From: Targeting Libya View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines Libya’s collapse into civil war and jihadist takeover while the US shifted its focus to containing a rising China and Russia, whose growing independence signaled a new …	Owen Schalk	4	2025	$0.40 Add
From NEW! The nationalization threat From: Targeting Libya View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, SNC-Lavalin’s corrupt ties to the Qadhafi family deepened just as Libya’s relations with Western oil companies and governments took a turn for the worse. In Libya …	Owen Schalk	9	2025	$0.90 Add
The Next Big Thing Goose Lane Editions	Canadian journalist and political insider Dalton Camp left behind a powerful legacy, including books, essays, and newspaper columns on Canadian politics and public policy. To both celebrate his …	Philip Lee	208	2014	View
From The North American Deep Integration Agenda: A Critical Overview From: Living with Uncle View James Lorimer and Company	Addresses the concept of deep integration—still largely unknown in the Canadian public arena—by addressing six questions:What is it? Where did it come from and where is it now? Where …	Bruce Campbell	23	2006	$2.30 Add
From The Petroleum Game: New Realities From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses the patterns of Western military and economic interventions during the twenty-first century, and petroleum’s largely hidden role in world politics. US pressures have influenced …	John Foster	26	2018	$2.60 Add
From The price tag for democracy From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	Chinese investors can use the FIPA to challenge anything that a legislature or government or court in Canada does. They may not win, but the ability to sue in this way is a powerful tool by …	Gus Van Harten	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From The Race for a Seat on the UN Security Council From: Canada is Not Back View James Lorimer and Company	Examines the Trudeau government’s commitment to winning a seat in the UN Security Council in 2020. Explores Trudeau’s position on major international issues, including the Israeli …	Jocelyn Coulon	22	2019	$2.20 Add