{"id":2621,"date":"2026-06-15T16:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:51:50","slug":"prof-philippe-lagasse-and-stephen-saideman-receive-2026-cpsa-prize-in-comparative-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/2026\/prof-philippe-lagasse-and-stephen-saideman-receive-2026-cpsa-prize-in-comparative-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Philippe Lagass\u00e9 and Stephen Saideman receive 2026 CPSA Prize in Comparative Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Prof. Philippe Lagass\u00e9 and Stephen Saideman receive 2026 CPSA Prize in Comparative Politics\n <\/h1>\n \n \n \n\n

Their book Overseen or Overlooked? Legislators, Armed Forces, and Democractic Accountability<\/a> was judged to be the best book published in the field of comparative politics in 2024-25<\/p>\n\n\n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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NPSIA is thrilled to share that professors Philippe Lagass\u00e9<\/a><\/strong> and Stephen Saideman<\/a><\/strong> have been awarded the 2026 Prize in Comparative Politics<\/strong> by the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA)<\/a><\/strong> for their co\u2011authored book Overseen or Overlooked? Legislators, Armed Forces and Democratic Accountability<\/em> with David P. Auerswald<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their award\u2011winning book tackles a foundational question in civil\u2013military relations: who<\/em> among civilian leaders truly ensures democratic control of the armed forces? While traditional analyses focus on presidents, prime ministers, and defence ministers, Lagass\u00e9 and Saideman argue that effective oversight cannot rest solely with the executive. Drawing on more than a dozen democratic case studies from around the world, they examine why legislatures often struggle to hold the military accountable \u2014 from limited access to information to political disincentives \u2014 and propose practical reforms to strengthen transparency, oversight, and public trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CPSA Prize in Comparative Politics, awarded every two years, recognizes outstanding scholarly contributions that deepen our understanding of political institutions and governance. This honour highlights not only the impact of Lagass\u00e9 and Saideman\u2019s research, but also NPSIA\u2019s leadership in the study of defence policy, civil\u2013military relations, and democratic accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We extend our warmest congratulations to both professors on this well\u2011deserved national recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NPSIA is thrilled to share that professors Philippe Lagass\u00e9 and Stephen Saideman have been awarded the 2026 Prize in Comparative Politics by the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) for their co\u2011authored book Overseen or Overlooked? Legislators, Armed Forces and Democratic Accountability with David P. Auerswald. Their award\u2011winning book tackles a foundational question in civil\u2013military relations: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":2627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2693,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions\/2693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}