Edelgard Elspeth Mahant is a

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academic, who teaches

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

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and

University of Botswana The University of Botswana, popularly known as UB, was established in 1982 as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The university has three campuses: one in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun. T ...

. She formerly taught at

Laurentian University Laurentian University (french: Université Laurentienne), officially the Laurentian University of Sudbury, is a mid-sized Bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, incorporated on March 28, 1960. Lau ...

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, where she was also the

Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; french: Parti libéral de l'Ontario, PLO) is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party has been led by interim leader John Fraser (Ontario MPP), John Fraser since August 2022. The party esp ...

candidate in the electoral district of

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in the 1985 provincial election.

Education

She completed her studies at the Universities of British Columbia (BA) and Toronto (MA) and obtained her PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science with a thesis titled "French and German Attitudes to the Establishment of the European Economic Community, 1955-1957".

Areas of expertise

Mahant is specialized in

foreign policy A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterall ...

, including the politics of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

Free trade Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports. It can also be understood as the free market idea applied to international trade. In government, free trade is predominantly advocated by political parties that hold econo ...

and

International Relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

. She has cowritten two books on Canada-United States relations with historian

Graeme S. Mount Graeme Stewart Mount (born 1939) is a Canadian historian and academic who taught history at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, until his retirement in 2005. His publications have included a number of works on international relations, inclu ...

: *''An introduction to Canadian-American relations'' Graeme S. Mount, Edelgard E. Mahant. Methuen, London 1984 *''Invisible and inaudible in Washington: American policies toward Canada'' Graeme S. Mount, Edelgard E. Mahant. UBC Press, Vancouver 1999 Other books Mahant is also the author of several other books and publications: * ''Grandma's Gone to Africa. One Woman's Journey to Botswana the Good'' Toronto: EP2M Enterprises, 2016.. * ''Darfur to Taipei. Cases in Foreign Policy Analysis'' Edelgard Mahant and Bodistean, eds Toronto: Glendon College, 2015 *''Free trade in American-Canadian relations'' Edelgard E. Mahant. Krieger 1993 *''Birthmarks of Europe: the origins of the European Community reconsidered'' Edelgard E. Mahant. Ashgate 2004

References

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