Canada’s Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan: A Critical Review of Literature, 2001–2011.

Following a critical review of the extensive literature on the topic of Canada’s Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan, from 2001 to 2011, this article traces the genealogy of the approach, identifies three major contributions as well as three serious limitations. A subsequent qualitative analysis of the content of this literature, as well as a quantitative meta-analysis provide a deeper than ever understanding of the complexity of Canada’s so-called Comprehensive Approach and as such, presents the theoretical underpinnings of a pragmatic executive decision-making model for Canada’s future engagements, to be developed through further iterations of grounded theory. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]