POLI 342 Chapter Notes -International Criminal Court, Billboard Charts, Multilateralism
10 Apr 2013
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Heather a. smith, disrupting internationalism and finding the others, in. Calire turenne sjolander, heather a. smith and deborah stienstra, eds. , Typical discourse: canada = country committed to global common good and promotion of some vision of international community: canada = moral state that seeks to build humane world, perpetuate myth of good internationalist. Cdn fp based on inclusiveness creates others and promotes difference in interest of state. Argument: internationalism = gendered as feminine means by which to promote difference: masks nature of internationalism, lock into binary analysis that deals with others. Attempt to bring voices of others back into canadian fp: defining internationalism. All-inclusive, involving states, ngos, private sector, human beings. Canada promotes international criminal court = greater interest and not motivated by particular canadian bias. Cdn foreign policy affects human activities, defines what is legitimate/illegitimate and marginalizes certain voices: problematizing internationalism. Voices silenced due to othering : (1) first nations.
