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Canada en(counters) terrorism: US-Canada relations and counter-terrorism policy

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Kitchen Sasikumar TPV 2009 Open Access.pdf (372.79 KB)

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2009-01-15

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Kitchen, Veronica
Sasikumar, Karthika

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Taylor and Francis

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This paper examines the role of identity in shaping counter-terrorism policy in Canada. We show that identity functions in three ways: constitutively by defining the range of choices a state is likely to consider; strategically by being a resource to buttress arguments based in economic or sovereignty interests; and heuristically by using identity as a marker for risk. This three-faceted explanation helps explain why, despite close economic, social, and political links between Canada and the United States which might lead us to expect Canada to follow American counter-terrorism policy, Canadian counter-terrorism policy often diverges from the American lead.

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Terrorism and Political Violence on 2009-01-15, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/09546550802587572

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Canada, foreign policy, international co-operation, international regimes, terrorism, United States

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546550802587572
 http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14186

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Waterloo Research
Political Science