Theory and Background The American Israel Public Affairs Committee: History, Mandate, Organizational Structure The Canada-Israel Committee: History, Mandate, Organizational Structure AIPAC and U.S. Middle East Policy: October 1973-December 1988 The CIC and Canada's Middle East Policy: October 1973-December 1988 Findings and Conclusions Bibliography Index
Goldberg presents a detailed comparison of American and Canadian Jewish lobbying organizations over the past 15 years, offering a careful assessment of their influence on foreign policy decisions affecting the Middle East. He focuses primarily on the two most prominent Jewish foreign policy interest groups: the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Canada-Israel Committee.
DAVID HOWARD GOLDBERG is National Executive Director, Canadian Professors for Peace in the Middle East. He coedited and contributed several chapters to The Domestic Battleground: Canada and the Arab-Israeli Conflict and he is the publisher of Middle East Focus.
?For students of contemporary Canadian foreign policy David
Goldberg's Foreign Policy and Ethnic Interest Groups: American and
Canadian Jew Lobby for Israel is a welcome and informative addition
to a limited if growing literature on Canada's approaches to the
Middle East.?-SHOFAR
?This scholarly monograph compares the relative effectiveness of
two pro-Israel lobbies: the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee and the Canada-Israel Committee. Employing the rich
secondary literature, especially for the US, and interviews with
key lobbyists and government officials, Goldberg examines the
relationship between the ethnic interest groups' policies and those
of their governments on major Israel-related issues from the Yom
Kippur War to the intifada. Using a fairly rigorous case-study
method, he identifies organizational, structural, and environmental
factors that explain the differences between the two groups. Of
special interest is the author's analysis of the difficulties that
such lobbies encounter in a parliamentary system. He concludes
that, especially since the 1980s, the US lobby has been more
successful than its Canadian counterpart although not nearly as
successful as its opponents have suggested. Graduate
collections.?-Choice
"For students of contemporary Canadian foreign policy David
Goldberg's Foreign Policy and Ethnic Interest Groups: American and
Canadian Jew Lobby for Israel is a welcome and informative addition
to a limited if growing literature on Canada's approaches to the
Middle East."-SHOFAR
"This scholarly monograph compares the relative effectiveness of
two pro-Israel lobbies: the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee and the Canada-Israel Committee. Employing the rich
secondary literature, especially for the US, and interviews with
key lobbyists and government officials, Goldberg examines the
relationship between the ethnic interest groups' policies and those
of their governments on major Israel-related issues from the Yom
Kippur War to the intifada. Using a fairly rigorous case-study
method, he identifies organizational, structural, and environmental
factors that explain the differences between the two groups. Of
special interest is the author's analysis of the difficulties that
such lobbies encounter in a parliamentary system. He concludes
that, especially since the 1980s, the US lobby has been more
successful than its Canadian counterpart although not nearly as
successful as its opponents have suggested. Graduate
collections."-Choice
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
