Converging and diverging streams: a systemist analysis of Canadian foreign investment policies adaptation to shifting global trends. Issue 3 (2nd September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hale, Geoffrey
• Is Part Of: Canadian foreign policy. Volume 27:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 347
• Page End: 379
• Publication Date: 2021-09-02
• Subjects: Canada -- Foreign relations -- Periodicals; 327.71005
• DOI: 10.1080/11926422.2021.1969966
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1192-6422

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article compares Canada's approach to foreign investment (FDI) policies on a global level at different points in time. Focusing on three publications, it analyzes development of Canadian FDI policies since the 1980s in the context of Kingdon's model of policy streams. Through the systemist analysis of this chronological development, it identifies factors that have shaped the convergence and divergence of these policy streams. This study also discusses the continuing relevance of these factors, notably growing geopolitical tensions between China and the United States. This study unfolds in six sections. Section one provides an overview of the article. The second section introduces systemism in connection with FDI policies. Sections three through five produce systemist graphics related to each of the above-noted publications. Section six sums up the applications and constraints on systemism as an analytical tool in addressing the evolution of Canadian FDI policies.