Promoting Canadian Studies Abroad Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brooks, Stephen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
• Subjects: Diplomacy.; International relations.; Public policy.; International education .; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Foreign Policy.; International Relations Theory.; Public Policy.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This volume examines the history and current state of Canadian studies in a number of countries and regions across the world, including Canada's major trading partners. From the mid-1980s until 2012, Canadian studies was seen as an important tool of soft power, increasing awareness of Canadian...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Uncertain Embrace: The Rise and Fall of Canadian Studies Abroad as a Tool of Foreign Policy
• 2. Getting on the American Radar Screen: The Growth, Achievements and Limitations of Canadian Studies in the United States
• 3. Down But Not Out: British Academics Resolutely Determined to Explore Canada
• 4. Canadian Studies in France
• 5. Canadian Studies in China: Dividends from a Near-forgotten Age of Hope and Opening
• 6. Canadian Studies in Japan
• 7. Canadian Studies in the Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Contemporary Russia
• 8. From Individual Scholarship to Academic Institution: Canadian Studies in the German-Speaking Countries and Cultural Diplomacy
• 9. Canadian Studies in the Nordic Countries
• 10. Lessons Learned.