POLI 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paradiplomacy, Arctic Council, Nordic Council
13 May 2018
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POLI 342
03.28.2018
SUMMARY OF LAST CLASS
•states are not the only ones who have interest in global
affairs
•Quebec most active subnational government in the
international system, among many others around the
world
•Gerin-Lajoie doctrine: when the QC government and
France cosigned education agreement, mainly based
on education, information and science
•launch of Quebec’s international profile
•French students charged Quebec fees
•domestic affairs in the international sphere: “the
extension of everything that is specific to QC on the
international scene”
•doesn’t have to do with sovereignty, more so this
doctrine
•paradiplomacy is about collaboration with he federal
government
•Protodiplomacy: the promotion of independence. Not
paradiplomacy, which is about collaboration and
avoiding conflict.
1. National Consciousness: QC develops own culture
2. International context of subnational units seeing
opportunity to be in international system: different
subnational actors emerging, chance for QC to follow
suit
3. Canadian federalism allows for paradiplomacy bc
of ambiguity in constitution: Canadian government
has sole jurisdiction over national defence and foreign
affairs, but everything else is vague, at least in part in
control of the province
4. International recognition: QC has delegation in
different jurisdictions, you need to be recognized as
an actor to be about to make legitimate choices
THE ARCTIC — MODERN PARADIPLOMACY
From the map you can see the borders and arctic nation
states, and observers.
•Nordic countries, like Iceland and Russia
•The provinces are involved with climate change →
Nunavik → North of QC
•there are also subnational actors who have interests
that go beyond their borders.
This is mainly to show that there are multiple levels of
government.
•for example, the councils in Canada and Europe
•many different actors
In 1960s, Quebec made more efforts to work with
indigenous peoples. But this ended with the 1970s. It has
re-emerged recently with climate change.
In the North American context, you can see the
importance of these subnational actors.
•In US, the central goat deals with all arctic issues
except for Alaska has its own jurisdiction
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Document Summary
Summary of last class: states are not the only ones who have interest in global affairs, quebec most active subnational government in the international system, among many others around the world, gerin-lajoie doctrine: when the qc government and. International recognition: qc has delegation in different jurisdictions, you need to be recognized as an actor to be about to make legitimate choices. From the map you can see the borders and arctic nation states, and observers: nordic countries, like iceland and russia, the provinces are involved with climate change . Nunavik north of qc: there are also subnational actors who have interests that go beyond their borders. This is mainly to show that there are multiple levels of government: for example, the councils in canada and europe, many different actors, protodiplomacy: the promotion of independence. Not paradiplomacy, which is about collaboration and avoiding con ict. In 1960s, quebec made more efforts to work with indigenous peoples.
