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The Canadian politics of fair-share: the first burden-sharing debates about NATO.
- Source :
- Journal of Transatlantic Studies; Jun2017, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p161-183, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- After the long domination of economic and collective action theories, the literature on the political aspects of Allied burden-sharing is growing. This article analyses the politics of fair-share in NATO from the perspective of Canadian officials during the first burden-sharing debates in 1949–1952. I focus on sense-making and, through an interpretive methodology, I reconstruct the Canadian discourse on fair-share. This article shows that for Canada sharing NATO’s burden was not only a matter of technicality or realist considerations; in order to make NATO burden-sharing work, the allies needed to balance three dimensions of collective defence burden: military, economic, and moral. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14794012
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Transatlantic Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122143855
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14794012.2016.1268792