WELFARE INSTITUTIONS AND FOREIGN-AID - DOMESTIC FOUNDATIONS OF CANADIAN FOREIGN-POLICY

This article examines the relationship between Canada's development as sistance policy and its welfare state institutions. Through an analysi s of the Canadian experience, the article argues that the differences between the social policies of developed countries help to understand the nature of their participation in the international aid regime. Alt hough this hypothesis is not entirely new, it is here refined with the help of the comparative literature on the welfare state, and assessed systematically for Canada. Through this case study, the article explo res the extent to which values and principles institutionalized at the domestic level influence foreign policy and the international order.