Essays about: "military outsourcing"

Found 5 essays containing the words military outsourcing.

  1. 1. Risk in the Private Military Industry : Risk-Transfer Dynamics in Globalized Private Military and Security Companies’ Recruitment Processes

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sofie Ådén; [2023]
    Keywords : Global North; Global South; globalization; military outsourcing; private military and security companies PMSCs ; private military contractors PMCs ; private military industry; recruitment processes; Risk-Transfer War;

    Abstract : Private military and security companies (PMSCs) are established actors in the global militaryindustry. The adaptation to utilize PMSCs as a complement to national militaries has increased their importance significantly. READ MORE

  3. 2. Military Outsourcing To Blackwater : Factors And Perceptions Influencing The Congressional Hearing On U.S. Foreign Policy In Iraq

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Jessica Boonsom; [2023]
    Keywords : private military and security companies; qualitative content analysis; foreign policy; outsourcing; privatization;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the factors and perceptions surrounding the privatization and outsourcing of governmental military functions to Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), with a specific focus on Blackwater’s involvement in Iraq. It analyzes a 2007 Congressional hearing, a significant event in the PMSC discussion. READ MORE

  4. 3. Maximising defence capacities by allocating societal resources : Balancing the objectives in planning for a total defence structure

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Kristin Leckström; [2020]
    Keywords : defence planning; military logistics; outsourcing; Sweden; total defence; transport sector;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate how the objectives of neoliberal economic thought and total defence structure are relatable in defence planning. With a theoretical base in research on outsourcing of military logistics, the thesis sets out to contribute to the field of research by conceptualising the objectives of a total defence structure as a way of understanding the defence posture in Sweden since 2015. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Privatization of Migration Detention: State Responsibility for Offshore Detention Centers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Rebecca Jonsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Public International Law; Human Rights Law; Migration; State responsibility; Detention Centers; PMSC; Non-State Actors; ARSIWA; ECHR; Jurisdiction; EU; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the last three decades, detention centers have become the preferred method to manage the migration flow in multiple states within the European Union (EU). In correlation to the increasing use of detention centers, there has been a shift from states having a type of monopoly on migration management functions, to an increase of states outsourcing their responsibility to private companies. READ MORE

  6. 5. Regulating Law or Being Regulated by the Law? An Analysis of Private Military Security Companies under the Regime of International Humanitarian Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Shakiba Kouchakpour; [2013]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The international legal system has weathered sweeping changes during last decades as new actors have appeared in international system. Private Military Security Companies (PMSCs) are one example of the most prominent shifts occurred in the context of laws of war with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) being part of it. READ MORE