Individual security and the international marketplace

ID:	HARP-152
Title:	Individual security and the international marketplace
Source:	Peace Research, v.31(1) F’99 pg 26-38. CBCA Fulltext: http://delos.lib.sfu.ca:8366/cgi-bin/slri/z3950.CGI/137.82.100.228.593447329/?cbca.db
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Year:	1999
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Keywords:	Canada, governance, human rights, ideology, peace, civil and political rights, security, Cold War, self-determination, liberty
Abstract:	Despite the rhetoric of the “new security agendas” which one hears at both domestic and international levels, the degree of security experienced by average individuals the world round has not improved since the end of the Cold War. Numerous reports have heralded the new-found opportunities brought by the ending of the ideological splits which led to so much insecurity–insecurity experienced by both states and the individuals within them. From the early days of the post-Cold War world, the Canadian government welcomed the new discourse of individual security and has worked hard to ensure that the link between its policies and this lofty goal are compatible. Despite recognizing limits on the manoeuvrability of its foreign-policy operation (as a result of the forces of globalization), the Canadian government has sought to articulate the ways in which a new understanding of security would be realized. Despite its good intentions, the Canadian government’s actions actually lead to greater insecurity for many people around the world. By failing to look critically at the liberal economic model upon which it bases its decisions, the Canadian government fails in its attempt to reconcile the progressive social goals with its quest for open, liberal market structures. Peace researchers should expose the weaknesses in the Canadian model being offered as a solution for combining security with multilateral economic strategies.
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