Does standing up for sovereignty pay off politically? Arctic military announcements and governing party support in Canada from 2006 to 2014
The defence of Arctic sovereignty has gathered high levels of support from the Canadian population in the past 40 years. However, the relationship between public opinion and decision makers is more ambiguous, in particular that between decisions taken by the governing party and an effect in the gene...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0020702015619570 2024-06-16T07:37:01+00:00 Does standing up for sovereignty pay off politically? Arctic military announcements and governing party support in Canada from 2006 to 2014 Landriault, Mathieu Minard, Paul 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020702015619570 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0020702015619570 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0020702015619570 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis volume 71, issue 1, page 41-61 ISSN 0020-7020 2052-465X journal-article 2015 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0020702015619570 2024-05-19T13:12:36Z The defence of Arctic sovereignty has gathered high levels of support from the Canadian population in the past 40 years. However, the relationship between public opinion and decision makers is more ambiguous, in particular that between decisions taken by the governing party and an effect in the general population. This is especially true for foreign policy issues. Hence, this article offers a test to assess whether standing up for Arctic sovereignty translates into concrete political gains for the governing party. We gathered federal party support levels reported in 859 opinion polls conducted from 2006 to 2014 in Canada. By focusing on sovereignty operations held by National Defence Operations NUNALIVUT and NANOOK and aggregating poll results into a “poll of polls,” we found that standing up for Arctic sovereignty is politically profitable in certain circumstances. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic SAGE Publications Arctic Canada International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis 71 1 41 61 |
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The defence of Arctic sovereignty has gathered high levels of support from the Canadian population in the past 40 years. However, the relationship between public opinion and decision makers is more ambiguous, in particular that between decisions taken by the governing party and an effect in the general population. This is especially true for foreign policy issues. Hence, this article offers a test to assess whether standing up for Arctic sovereignty translates into concrete political gains for the governing party. We gathered federal party support levels reported in 859 opinion polls conducted from 2006 to 2014 in Canada. By focusing on sovereignty operations held by National Defence Operations NUNALIVUT and NANOOK and aggregating poll results into a “poll of polls,” we found that standing up for Arctic sovereignty is politically profitable in certain circumstances. |
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Landriault, Mathieu Minard, Paul Does standing up for sovereignty pay off politically? Arctic military announcements and governing party support in Canada from 2006 to 2014 |
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Does standing up for sovereignty pay off politically? Arctic military announcements and governing party support in Canada from 2006 to 2014 |
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Does standing up for sovereignty pay off politically? Arctic military announcements and governing party support in Canada from 2006 to 2014 |
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Does standing up for sovereignty pay off politically? Arctic military announcements and governing party support in Canada from 2006 to 2014 |
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Does standing up for sovereignty pay off politically? Arctic military announcements and governing party support in Canada from 2006 to 2014 |
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Does standing up for sovereignty pay off politically? Arctic military announcements and governing party support in Canada from 2006 to 2014 |
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does standing up for sovereignty pay off politically? arctic military announcements and governing party support in canada from 2006 to 2014 |
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