Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction

   • Thomas Juneau, Philippe Lagassé, Srdjan Vucetic

   Pages 1-7

3. The Fundamentals of Canadian Defence Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. The Imperatives of Canada’s Strategic Geography

      • Kim Richard Nossal

      Pages 11-28

   3. Canadian Strategic Cultures: From Confederation to Trump

      • Justin Massie, Srdjan Vucetic

      Pages 29-44

   4. Holding Canadian Governments to Account for National Defence

      • Philippe Lagassé

      Pages 45-61

   5. Canadian Defence Budgeting

      • David Perry

      Pages 63-80

   6. From Policy and Strategy to Outcomes

      • Adam Chapnick, J. Craig Stone

      Pages 81-97

   7. Canada and Defence Against Help: The Wrong Theory for the Wrong Country at the Wrong Time

      • Andrea Charron, James Fergusson

      Pages 99-115

4. The Domestic Politics of Canadian Defence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Canadian Civil-Military Relations in Comparative Perspective: It Could Be Worse?

      • Stephen M. Saideman

      Pages 119-134

   3. The Political Economy of Defence

      • J. Craig Stone, Binyam Solomon

      Pages 135-158

   4. Public Opinion and Canadian Defence Policy

      • Jean-Christophe Boucher

      Pages 159-178

   5. The Demographics of Force Generation: Recruitment, Attrition and Retention of Citizen Soldiers

      • Christian Leuprecht

      Pages 179-200

   6. Culture Clash: Why the Media and the Military Can’t Get Along

      • Andrew Potter

      Pages 201-216

   7. Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Defence

      • Sheryl Lightfoot

      Pages 217-231

   8. Defence Policy Perspectives: Special Interests and Lobbying

      • George MacDonald

      Pages 233-251

   9. Achieving Consensus and Effectiveness in Canadian Defence Policy

      • Roy Rempel

      Pages 253-269

5. Emerging Policy Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271

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   2. You’ve Got It All Backwards: Canada’s National Defence Strategy

      • Lindsay Rodman

      Pages 273-293

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.

• Canada
• defence policy
• defense policy
• foreign policy
• technology
• lobbying
• resilience
• cyberspace
• military affairs
• strategic geography
• civil-military relations
• media and the military
• women in the military
• the Arctic
• new technologies

• Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

  Thomas Juneau, Srdjan Vucetic

• Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

  Philippe Lagassé

Thomas Juneau is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada.


Philippe Lagassé is Associate Professor and Barton Chair in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Canada.


Srdjan Vucetic is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada.

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