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    All for one and one in all: private military security companies as soldiers, business managers and humanitarians

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    All for one and one in all: private military security companies as soldiers, business managers and humanitarians Jutta Joachima & Andrea Schneikerb Published online: 22 Apr 2014 Abstract With governments increasingly… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act

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    Rachel M. Kelly Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act Abstract This Note considers the advisability of amending the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    The mercenary moniker: Condemnations, contradictions and the politics of definition

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    The mercenary moniker: Condemnations, contradictions and the politics of definition. Authors:Ettinger, Aaron1 Source: Security Dialogue. Apr 2014, Vol. 45 Issue 2, p174-191. 18p. Document Type: Article Abstract: Despite considerable efforts, the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Wheeled Warriors: Explaining Variations in the Use of Violence by Private Security Companies in Iraq

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    Security Studies Volume 22, Issue 4, 2013 Wheeled Warriors: Explaining Variations in the Use of Violence by Private Security Companies in Iraq Scott Fitzsimmonsa pages 707-739 Abstract This article engages one… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy

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    Small Wars & Insurgencies Volume 24, Issue 1, 2013 Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy Scott Fitzsimmonsa* pages 84-102 Abstract Pirate attacks against commercial vessels in the Western Indian Ocean and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Theorising the use of private military and security companies: a synthetic perspective

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    Journal of International Relations and Development (2014) 17, 112–141. published online 1 March 2013 Theorising the use of private military and security companies: a synthetic perspective Andreas Krucka Geschwister Scholl Institute for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Remaking Soldier-Citizens: Military Privatization and the Biopolitics of Sacrifice

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    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) Abstract: This paper questions how military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Beyond the Trinitarian Institutionalization of the Warrior Ethos – A Normative Conceptualization of Soldier and Contractor Commitment in Post-Modern Conflict

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    Defence Studies Volume 14, Issue 1, 2014 Beyond the Trinitarian Institutionalization of the Warrior Ethos – A Normative Conceptualization of Soldier and Contractor Commitment in Post-Modern Conflict PreviewView full textDownload full… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    REGULATING THE PRIVATIZED SECURITY INDUSTRY: THE PROMISE OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE GOVERNANCE

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    1/31/2014   REGULATING THE PRIVATIZED SECURITY INDUSTRY: THE PROMISE OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE GOVERNANCE   Laura A. Dickinson As governments around the world increasingly turn to contractors to provide government services in the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Surrendering Sovereignty: The Private Military Industry, the State, and the Ideology of Outsourcing

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    Surrendering Sovereignty: The Private Military Industry, the State, and the Ideology of Outsourcing John Boyce Lokaverkefni til MA-gráðu í stjórnmálafræði Félagsvísindasvið June 2013 Abstract In the globalized world of the twenty… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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