TY - JOUR
T1 - Canadian public opinion about the military
T2 - Assessing the influences on attitudes toward defence spending and participation in overseas combat operations
AU - Fitzsimmons, Scott
AU - Craigie, Allan
AU - Bodet, Marc André
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Canadian Political Science Association.
PY - 2014/8/7
Y1 - 2014/8/7
N2 - Despite more than a decade of heightened defence spending and active fighting in the War in Afghanistan, the longest combat operation in the history of the Canadian Forces, scholars know precious little about how the socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes of Canadians may influence their views about taking part in overseas combat operations and funding the institution charged with carrying out these dangerous activities. By testing a range of hypotheses, which purport to explain the influence of multiple socio-demographic and attitudinal factors on Canadians' attitudes toward defence spending and the participation of the Canadian Forces in overseas combat operations, against data from the 2004 and 2011 Canadian Election Study, this article ascertains the most important determinants of Canadians' preferences about defence spending and the use of military force by the Government of Canada.
AB - Despite more than a decade of heightened defence spending and active fighting in the War in Afghanistan, the longest combat operation in the history of the Canadian Forces, scholars know precious little about how the socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes of Canadians may influence their views about taking part in overseas combat operations and funding the institution charged with carrying out these dangerous activities. By testing a range of hypotheses, which purport to explain the influence of multiple socio-demographic and attitudinal factors on Canadians' attitudes toward defence spending and the participation of the Canadian Forces in overseas combat operations, against data from the 2004 and 2011 Canadian Election Study, this article ascertains the most important determinants of Canadians' preferences about defence spending and the use of military force by the Government of Canada.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0008423914000754
DO - 10.1017/S0008423914000754
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84911419465
SN - 0008-4239
VL - 47
SP - 503
EP - 518
JO - Canadian Journal of Political Science
JF - Canadian Journal of Political Science
IS - 3
ER -