Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Publication Title

Terrorism and Political Violence

Volume

21

Issue Number

1

First Page

155

Last Page

173

DOI

10.1080/09546550802587572

Keywords

Terrorism, United States, Canada, international regimes, foreign policy, international co-operation

Disciplines

Defense and Security Studies | International Relations | Political Science

Abstract

This paper examines the role of identity in shaping counter-terrorism policy in Canada. We show that identity functions in three ways: constitutively by defining the range of choices a state is likely to consider; strategically by being a resource to buttress arguments based in economic or sovereignty interests; and heuristically by using identity as a marker for risk. This three-faceted explanation helps explain why, despite close economic, social, and political links between Canada and the United States which might lead us to expect Canada to follow American counter-terrorism policy, Canadian counter-terrorism policy often diverges from the American lead.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Terrorism and Political Violence on January 15, 2009, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09546550802587572. SJSU users: use the following link to login and access the article via SJSU databases

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