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The Strategic Constitution
Understanding Canadian Power in the World
Irvin Studin (Author)
9780774827157
Paperback / softback, published 1 October 2014
284 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.42 kg
Historically, Canada's Constitution has been principally viewed as a federal framework or a rights bulwark. This book offers a brand new interpretation. The "Strategic Constitution," as proposed by Irvin Studin, can be a framework for Canada to project strategic power in the world. This framework lays the foundations for a new school of Canadian constitutional scholarship. Studin begins by reducing the Constitution to its strategically relevant essentials or building blocks. He then provides a wide-ranging audit of the Constitution in terms of its implications for so-called factors of strategic power: the military, diplomacy, executive potency, natural resources, the economy, strategic communications, and the national population. He later applies the Strategic Constitution framework to four policy case studies: Canadian regional leadership in the Americas; bona fide war (as in Afghanistan); Arctic sovereignty; and counterterrorism. Provocative and well-argued, this book makes the case for the Constitution being a highly flexible national framework that quietly harbours seeds of national strategic potency.
Preface Introduction Part 1: The Conceptual Framework for Assessing Canadian Strategic Power in Constitutional Terms 1 Framing Some Key Concepts 2 Diplomacy 3 The Military 4 Government, or Pure Executive Potency 5 Natural Resources (and Food) 6 National Economic Might 7 Communications 8 Population 9 The Strategic Constitution as Conceptual and Analytical Framework Part 2: Applying the Conceptual Framework: Four Policy Case Studies Case Study A: Canadian Strategic Leadership in the Americas Case Study B: Bona Fide War Case Study C: Arctic Sovereignty Case Study D: National Security-Counterterrorism Conclusion Bibliography Index