Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice

✍ Scribed by Thomas Juneau, Philippe Lagassé, Srdjan Vucetic

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 430
• Series: Canada and International Affairs
• Edition: 1st ed. 2020
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues in Canadian defence policy studies. The contributors examine topics including the development of Canadian defence policy and strategic culture, North American defence cooperation, gender and diversity in the Canadian military, and defence procurement and the defence industrial base. Emphasizing the process of defence policy-making, rather than just the outcomes of that process, the book focuses on how political and organizational interests impact planning, as well as the standard operating procedures that shape Canadian defence policy and practices.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xix
Introduction (Thomas Juneau, Philippe Lagassé, Srdjan Vucetic)....Pages 1-7
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
The Imperatives of Canada’s Strategic Geography (Kim Richard Nossal)....Pages 11-28
Canadian Strategic Cultures: From Confederation to Trump (Justin Massie, Srdjan Vucetic)....Pages 29-44
Holding Canadian Governments to Account for National Defence (Philippe Lagassé)....Pages 45-61
Canadian Defence Budgeting (David Perry)....Pages 63-80
From Policy and Strategy to Outcomes (Adam Chapnick, J. Craig Stone)....Pages 81-97
Canada and Defence Against Help: The Wrong Theory for the Wrong Country at the Wrong Time (Andrea Charron, James Fergusson)....Pages 99-115
Front Matter ....Pages 117-117
Canadian Civil-Military Relations in Comparative Perspective: It Could Be Worse? (Stephen M. Saideman)....Pages 119-134
The Political Economy of Defence (J. Craig Stone, Binyam Solomon)....Pages 135-158
Public Opinion and Canadian Defence Policy (Jean-Christophe Boucher)....Pages 159-178
The Demographics of Force Generation: Recruitment, Attrition and Retention of Citizen Soldiers (Christian Leuprecht)....Pages 179-200
Culture Clash: Why the Media and the Military Can’t Get Along (Andrew Potter)....Pages 201-216
Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Defence (Sheryl Lightfoot)....Pages 217-231
Defence Policy Perspectives: Special Interests and Lobbying (George MacDonald)....Pages 233-251
Achieving Consensus and Effectiveness in Canadian Defence Policy (Roy Rempel)....Pages 253-269
Front Matter ....Pages 271-271
You’ve Got It All Backwards: Canada’s National Defence Strategy (Lindsay Rodman)....Pages 273-293
Law and Political-Military Strategy: The Importance of Legal Advice in the Decision to Deploy the Canadian Armed Forces (Alexander Bolt)....Pages 295-312
CAF Operations: A Comprehensive Approach to Enable Future Operations (Neil Chuka, Heather Hrychuk)....Pages 313-330
Capability Acquisition and Canadian Defence Policy: Programme Achievability and Resilience? (Douglas Dempster)....Pages 331-350
Women in the Canadian Armed Forces (Andrea Lane)....Pages 351-364
Defence Policy in the Canadian Arctic: From Jean Chrétien to Justin Trudeau (Adam Lajeunesse, P. Whitney Lackenbauer)....Pages 365-382
Canadian Defence and New Technologies (Stephanie Carvin)....Pages 383-397
Deterrence in Space and Cyberspace (Ryder McKeown, Alex Wilner)....Pages 399-416
Back Matter ....Pages 417-425

✦ Subjects

Political Science and International Relations; Military and Defence Studies; International Relations Theory; Foreign Policy