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ToolsGarnett, Holly Ann, Leuprecht, Christian and Caal-Lam, Sofia (2025) Officers and civilians: A civil–military gap in Canadian national security? Armed Forces and Society. ISSN 0095-327X
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Abstract
This research note measures the political attitudes held by Canadian Military Colleges (CMC) graduates, as compared with the general population on issues related to Canadian democratic life. It employs survey data from a sample of over 1000 alumni of CMCs, complemented by data on the general population from the 2021 Canadian Election Study. The results show that CMC graduates tend to be more interested in politics and have higher levels of political efficacy than a comparable sample of civilians. However, they are no more satisfied with democracy in Canada. They tend to favor personal, rather than institutional responsibility, and tend to be slightly more right-leaning than their peers. These results show some differences between the military population and the Canadian population, although the differential is insufficient for it to have a material bearing on civil–military relations in Canada. CMC graduates are neither alienated from nor dismissive of Canadian society.
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| Additional Information: | Funding: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: We acknowledge financial support from the Royal Military College Class of 1965, by way of the endowment for the Class of 1965 Professorship in Leadership, held by Dr. Christian Leuprecht (2017–2023) and held by Dr. Holly Ann Garnett (2023–present). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | civil–military gap,civil–military relations,military colleges,military education,military officers,sociology and political science,social sciences (miscellaneous),safety research ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2025 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2025 11:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99294 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0095327X251331545 |
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