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Author Riddell-Dixon, Elizabeth, 1954-

Title Canada and the international seabed : domestic determinants and external constraints / Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon
Published Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1989

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 225 pages)
Contents Canada's Interests -- Canada's Policies on Deep Seabed Mining at UNCLOS III -- Federal Government Actors -- Provincial and Municipal Governments -- Nongovernmental Actors -- The Canadian Delegation -- The Policy-Making Process
Summary This stronger alliance gave priority to negotiating an internationally acceptable treaty and safeguarding Canada's land-based nickel industry. A second coalition - officers from the Department of Finance, the Department of Industry, Trade, and Commerce, and the Ministry of State for Science and Technology - contended that the push for quantitive restrictions diverted attention from the more crucial areas of protection of technological and financial resources. Riddell-Dixon argues that the dominant coalition succeeded because of ministerial support, structural and functional advantages, and an effective choice of tactics. Consequently they were able to manage other domestic sources of foreign policy. Canada and the International Seabed addresses several debates central to Canadian foreign policy, including the relative importance of domestic determinants and international constraints, the nature of intra-governmental decision-making, the relationship between government decision-makers and interest groups, the role of provincial governments in foreign policy, and the role of international conferences in solving global problems
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-214) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Ocean bottom -- Law and legislation.
Ocean mining -- Law and legislation -- Canada
Maritime law -- Canada
International and municipal law -- Canada
Territorial waters -- Canada
Law of the sea -- Canada
LAW -- International.
LAW -- Maritime.
Law of the sea
International and municipal law
Maritime law
Ocean bottom -- Law and legislation
Ocean mining -- Law and legislation
Territorial waters
Canada
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773561960
077356196X