Category Archives: Outsourcing/Privatization

    Payoff: How Congress Ensures Private Prison Profit with an Immigrant Detention Quota

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    Payoff: How Congress Ensures Private Prison Profit with an Immigrant Detention Quota Download the PDF version of “Payoff: How Congress Ensures Private Prison Profit with an Immigrant Detention Quota” Bethany Carson… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Is The U.S. Military Too Reliant On Contractors?

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    Is The U.S. Military Too Reliant On Contractors? Rachel Martin Weekend Edition – Sunday 10-26-2014 Host: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I’m Rachel Martin. And this… RACHEL MARTIN Time… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Mercenaries and America’s Defense

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    Mercenaries and America’s Defense Anonymous Wall Street Journal 10-29-2014 Regarding Linda Robinson’s review of Ann Hagedorn’s “The Invisible Soldiers” (Bookshelf, Oct. 23): Ronald Reagan would never have countenanced an Army whose… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Documents allege Texas DPS spying on Mexico

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    Documents allege Texas DPS spying on Mexico Dylan Baddour | April 13, 2015 | Updated: April 13, 2015 6:00pm Internal documents from the Texas Department of Public Safety raise questions about… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    It’s A bird? It’s A Plane! No, It’s A Private Drone Contractor!

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      It’s A bird? It’s A Plane! No, It’s A Private Drone Contractor! April 10, 2015 by David Isenberg Follow @vanidan @vanidan If there is one constant in the private military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Outsourcing war and security: problems and solutions

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    Outsourcing war and security: problems and solutions The Conversation Laura A Dickinson, Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Future of War Fellow, New America Foundation International Security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Non-State Military Actors: The Case of the 2011 Libyan Conflict

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    Non-State Military Actors: The Case of the 2011 Libyan Conflict Subjects: Political science, Political science (General), Political science, Political science (General) Authors: Radana Makariusová, Zdeněk Ludvík Date of publication: 2012 December… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Anyone’s War: The Privatization of Violence

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    Anyone’s War: The Privatization of Violence Apr 02, 2015 georgeu3 GSSR Forum, International Security, Military & Defense 0 A Blackwater Helicopter in Baghdad, Wikimedia Commons By Sebastian J. Bae   The brutal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Self-harm, drugs and sexual abuse more common in private jails

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    News Self-harm, drugs and sexual abuse more common in private jails Independent On Sunday By Jonathan Owen 5 April 2015, News | Exclusive What was billed as a breakthrough for the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Court of Appeal: civil servant whose job was outsourced to private sector could not retain full pension rights

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    Court of Appeal: civil servant whose job was outsourced to private sector could not retain full pension rights A prison officer whose job was outsourced to a private contractor had “resigned”… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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