| ID | 122298 |
| Title Proper | Getting it just right |
| Other Title Information | strategic culture, cybernetics, and Canada's Goldilocks grand strategy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | McDonough, David S |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Strategic culture provides a good starting point to explain Canada's goldilocks grand strategy. But it also has important theoretical shortcomings. This article offers an important reconceptualization of strategic culture. It synthesizes the insight from strategic culture and cybernetic theory to better account for Canadian strategic behavior. It introduces the notion of standing operational doctrines-continental soft-bandwagoning and defensive weak-multilateralism-through which Canada's strategic cultural beliefs, attitudes, and inclinations are standardized and regularized. This theoretical synthesis provides strategic culture with greater specificity, better use as a causal explanation, and can be potentially applied to other cases. |
| `In' analytical Note | Comparative Strategy Vol. 32, No.3; Jul-Aug 2013: p.224-244 |
| Journal Source | Comparative Strategy Vol. 32, No.3; Jul-Aug 2013: p.224-244 |
| Key Words | Strategic Culture ; Cybernetics ; Canada ; Goldilocks Grand Strategy |