National Images and United States-Canada Relations

The book explores the psychological-cultural dimension of the United States-Canada relationship by analyzing how each country has viewed the other. Drawing on a wide range of data the books explores how Americans and Canadians have viewed one another from the moment they were launched on separate trajectories.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Images of the Other and International Relations
Introduction: Imagining the Other
When and How Do Images of the Other Matter?
Borderlands: Does Physical Contiguity Make a Difference?
National Images and United States-Canada Relations
Chapter 2
Introduction
Early Perceptions: Anti-American Elites and an Unconvinced Public
The Rebellions of 1837-1838: Rejection of the American Model?
Fears of Annexation
Canadian Ambivalence toward America
The "New" Canadian Nationalism
Multiculturalism as a Marker of Difference (and Superiority!)
Old Cultural Tropes Die Hard
American Decline, the Rise of Trumpism, and Canadians' Image of America
Conclusion

Introduction
The Threat from the North
The Early American Image of les Canadiens and the Canadian People
Canada as a Refuge from Injustice
Reciprocity and Annexation
The Friendly Neighbor Next Door
The Popular Image of Canada: Public Opinion and the Media
Canada in America's Culture Wars
Conclusion
Chapter 4 A Story of Asymmetry: The Policy Consequences of National Images
Introduction
Economics
Security and Defense
Communications and Culture
The One-Way Mirror
The Modern Era in United States-Canada Relations
Cultural Nationalism in Canada
Economic Nationalism in Canada
United States-Canada Free Trade, 1989
The Decision to Go to War in Iraq, 2003
National Images Matter... within Limits
References
Index

About the author

Stephen Brooks is a professor at the University of Windsor, Canada. His research focuses on Canadian politics, American politics, and American foreign policy. His publications include As Others See Us: The Causes and Consequences of Foreign Perceptions of America (University of Toronto Press, 2006), American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama (Routledge, 2013), and Anti-Americanism and the Limits of Public Diplomacy: Winning Hearts and Minds (Routledge, 2016).

Summary

The book explores the psychological-cultural dimension of the United States-Canada relationship by analyzing how each country has viewed the other. Drawing on a wide range of data the books explores how Americans and Canadians have viewed one another from the moment they were launched on separate trajectories.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Brooks, Brooks Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032675206
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3267520-6
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: InterAmerican Research: Contact, Communication, Conflict
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Canada, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, International Relations, United States of America, USA, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution