The Special Canadian-Cuban Relations under Prime Minister Diefenbaker
| Thesis title in Czech: | Speciální kanadsko-kubánské vztahy za vlády kanadského předsedy vlády Diefenbakera |
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| Thesis title in English: | The Special Canadian-Cuban Relations under Prime Minister Diefenbaker |
| Key words: | Kanada, Kuba, Spojené státy Americké, Diefenbaker, diplomacie |
| English key words: | Canada, Cuba, USA, Revolution, Diefenbaker, diplomacy |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2017/2018 |
| Thesis type: | diploma thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Department of North American Studies (23-KAS) |
| Supervisor: | Mgr. Ing. Magdalena Fiřtová, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned by the advisor |
| Date of registration: | 12.05.2018 |
| Date of assignment: | 12.05.2018 |
| Date and time of defence: | 17.06.2019 08:15 |
| Venue of defence: | Jinonice - U Kříže 8, Praha 5, J2081, 2081, Jinonice - místn. č. 2081 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 08.05.2019 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 17.06.2019 |
| Opponents: | Mgr. Lukáš Perutka, Ph.D. |
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| References |
| Basdeo, Sahadeo, Nora Nicol Heather. Canada, the United States, and Cuba: An Evolving Relationship. Miami: North-South Center Press, 2002.
Botwell, Robert. Pirouette: Pierre Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Policy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991. Brenner, Philip. A Contemporary Cuban Reader: Reinventing the Revolution. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008. Holmes, John. Life with Uncle. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981. Kirk John M., Peter McKenna. Canada-Cuba Relations: The Other Good Neighbor Policy. Florida: University Press of Florida, 1997. McKenna, Peter. Canada Looks South: In Search of an Americas Policy. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2012. Pagliccia, Nino. Cuba Solidarity in Canada: Five Decades of People-to-People Relations. British Colombia: FiersenPress, 2014. Tabío, Luis René Fernández Luis. Wright, Cynthia. Wylie, Lana. Other Diplomacies, Other Ties: Cuba and Canada in the Shadow of the US. University of Toronto Press, 2018. Thompson, John. Randall, Stephen. Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies. Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2002. Wright, Robert Antony, Wylie Lana. Our Place in the Sun: Canada and Cuba in the Castro Era. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009. Wylie, Lana. Perceptions of Cuba: Canadian and American Policies in Comparative Perspective. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. Zorbas, Jason Gregory. Diefenbaker and Latin America: The Pursuit of Canadian Autonomy. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2011. |
| Preliminary scope of work in English |
| The aim of the thesis is to outline the Canadian Cuban relationship with special focus to the late 1950’ and 1960’. The thesis will acknowledge pre 1959 history as crucial for establishing the relationship of the two countries. The relationship of the two countries will be discuss mainly through: “other diplomacies,” the politics of people-to-people contacts as well as the importance national identities distinct to each country (Canada, the USA) contributing to the formation of their dissimilar foreign policies. The default literature for setting the historical original background, Kirk and McKenna, discuss the evolution of the Canadian-Cuban relationship; founded initially on pragmatic, economic and commercial considerations.
The first question to be answered is therefore: “What makes the Canadian Cuban relationship special?” Thus we will establish the roots of this relationship in order to comprehend the changes that can be observed from Cuban revolution onwards. The Cuban revolution will be analysed in the context of the transition of power from Fidel Castro to Raúl Castro as well as in the context of the Canadian solidarity movement in support of Cuba lasting more than 50 year. This particular period was chosen as it was during the 1959, during the Cuban revolution, that Canada's policy of engagement with the country has clashed most distinctly with the United States' policy of isolation. Accordingly, we will discuss that since 1959 the Canadian Cuban relationship, with respect to maintaining diplomatic, political, commercial and people-to-people contacts, can be described as “normal,” which is of great importance, given the contextual significance of the United States. |