DEVS 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Multilateralism, Hard Power, The Exception
15 Apr 2013
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Unilateralism: each country does whatever it can do to get whatever it can get - the most powerful and evil wins (via hard power: coercion) Multilateralism: all countries involved work together to solve problems and allocate resources (via. soft power: moral suasion using symbolic means and non-coercive actions) Multilateralism has been persistently prominent in the conduct of post war canadian foreign policy. It has been effective (morally as well) It has made constructive contributions to world order. During the 1940s and 1950s, canada resisted efforts to turn the un into an institution that would promote western values. Canadian government has supported international and regional institutions in assuming increased responsibility for the security and welfare of individuals in various parts of the world. At the core of multilateralism is the idea that nation states should talk with each other about what is happening in the world. Citizens have rights that must be upheld (ex. rights to security)
