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Private Military Companies: Assisting the Transnational Capitalist Class in Accumulation by Dispossession
Private Military Companies: Assisting the Transnational Capitalist Class in Accumulation by Dispossession A Thesis Submitted to The Department of Political Science In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
I thwarted an assassination attempt on President – ex-mercenary
I thwarted an assassination attempt on President – ex-mercenary February 23, 2015 08:30 Download video (221.22 MB) Mercenaries have always been there, where’s the bloodshed going on. The times when whole… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Commodifying State Crime: Accounting and “Extraordinary Rendition”
Commodifying State Crime: Accounting and “Extraordinary Rendition” Michele Chwastiak University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management Albuquerque, NM 87110 chwastiak@mgt.unm.edu The author would like to thank Reprieve for sharing the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Title: Profiting from destruction: The Iraq reconstruction, auditing and the management of fraud
Title: Profiting from destruction: The Iraq reconstruction, auditing and the management of fraud Author(s): Michele Chwastiak Source: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 24.1 (Feb. 2013): p32. Keywords: Accountability; Critical; Public Interest; Fraud;… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The perils of outsourcing post-conflict reconstruction: donor countries, international NGOs and private military and security companies
Conflict, Security & Development Volume 15, Issue 1, 2015 The perils of outsourcing post-conflict reconstruction: donor countries, international NGOs and private military and security companies Nikolaos Tzifakis & Asteris Huliaras pages… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Remaking Soldier-Citizens: Military Privatization and the Biopolitics of Sacrifice
Remaking Soldier-Citizens: Military Privatization and the Biopolitics of Sacrifice Author: Baggiarini, Bianca Source: St Antony’s International Review, Volume 9, Number 2, February 2014, pp. 9-23(15) Publisher: St Antony’s International Review Abstract: This… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Conceptualising the Dichotomy between Private Military Contractors and Soldiers amid ‘Society’
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Privatising the war on drugs
Third World Quarterly Volume 35, Issue 8, 2014 Privatising the war on drugs Christopher Hobsona* pages 1441-1456 Abstract A defining feature of the ‘9/11 wars’ has been the prominent role played… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Neoliberalism and Public Sector Reform: Explaining Private Military Contracting in the United States
Neoliberalism and Public Sector Reform: Explaining Private Military Contracting in the United States Title: Neoliberalism and Public Sector Reform: Explaining Private Military Contracting in the United States Author: Hickey, Neala Date:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Citizenship and the contracting out of military work: from national conscription to globalized recruitment
Citizenship Studies Volume 18, Issue 6-7, 2014 Citizenship and the contracting out of military work: from national conscription to globalized recruitment Maya Eichlera* pages 600-614 Received: 26 Jul 2013 Accepted: 1… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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