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Surrendering Sovereignty. The Private Military Industry, the State, and the Ideology of Outsourcing
… era, been increasingly farmed out to the private sector. The running of hospitals, prisons and transport systems are increasingly subject to outsourcing and privatization. The trend has also been extended to the once sacrosanct territory of warfare, where private soldiers for hire play an …
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US Government Outsourcing, the Private Military Industry, and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Case Study in Conflict Contracting
This thesis analyzes state utilization of private military and security companies (PMSC), using United States Government (USG) outsourcing during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) as a case study to investigate how PMSCs influence interstate conflicts. Cost savings are a primary justification for …
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The Business of War: A Content Analysis of Private Military Companies' Websites
… offered on websites by a high profile sample of private military companies. An examination of literature related to the private military industry illustrates the history of non-state actors as well as factors that contributed to the post-Cold War growth of the industry. The main factors discussed …