Short Pants, Public Interest: The Appeal of Political Staff Positions to Young People in Canada

IF 1.1 4区管理学 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI:10.1111/capa.70003

Lewis Krashinsky, Blake Lee-Whiting, William Roelofs

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Abstract

Why do young people choose to become political staffers in Canada? Political staffers play an influential but controversial role in Canadian policymaking. In this research note, we utilize a mixed-methods approach to examine a likely group of future political staffers: university students studying political science. Drawing on data from an original survey, we find strong evidence that the majority of young people who say they want to become political staffers in Canada are motivated by serving the public good, while those who say they do not want to work in politics tend to provide justifications rooted in self-interest.

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短裤，公共利益：加拿大政治工作人员职位对年轻人的吸引力

为什么加拿大的年轻人选择成为政治工作人员？政治工作人员在加拿大的政策制定中发挥着有影响力但有争议的作用。在这份研究报告中，我们利用混合方法来研究一个可能成为未来政治工作人员的群体：学习政治学的大学生。根据一项原始调查的数据，我们发现强有力的证据表明，在加拿大，大多数说想成为政治工作人员的年轻人是出于为公共利益服务的动机，而那些说不想从政的人往往提供植根于自身利益的理由。

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Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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1.90

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20.00%

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期刊介绍： Canadian Public Administration/Administration publique du Canada is the refereed scholarly publication of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC). It covers executive, legislative, judicial and quasi-judicial functions at all three levels of Canadian government. Published quarterly, the journal focuses mainly on Canadian issues but also welcomes manuscripts which compare Canadian public sector institutions and practices with those in other countries or examine issues in other countries or international organizations which are of interest to the public administration community in Canada.