02956nam 2200553Ia 450 991078981960332120230725030932.01-283-09617-X97866130961730-300-16852-710.12987/9780300168525(CKB)2670000000079609(MiAaPQ)EBC3420660(DE-B1597)485690(OCoLC)1024047142(DE-B1597)9780300168525(Au-PeEL)EBL3420660(CaPaEBR)ebr10451031(CaONFJC)MIL309617(OCoLC)923595669(EXLCZ)99267000000007960920100616d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOutsourcing war and peace[electronic resource] preserving public values in a world of privatized foreign affairs /Laura A. DickinsonNew Haven Yale University Pressc2011xi, 271 p. ill0-300-14486-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Introduction --2. Key Moments in U.S. Military and Security Outsourcing, from Vietnam to Iraq --3. Too Many Gaps? Catching Private Contractors in the Web of Litigation --4. The Unexplored Promise of Contract --5. Public Participation / Private Contract --6. Uniformed Military Lawyers, Organizational Structure and Culture, and the Impact of Privatization --7. Conclusion --Notes --IndexOver the past decade, states and international organizations have shifted a surprising range of foreign policy functions to private contractors. But who is accountable when the employees of foreign private firms do violence or create harm? This timely book describes the services that are now delivered by private contractors and the threat this trend poses to core public values of human rights, democratic accountability, and transparency. The author offers a series of concrete reforms that are necessary to expand traditional legal accountability, construct better mechanisms of public participation, and alter the organizational structure and institutional culture of contractor firms. The result is a pragmatic, nuanced, and comprehensive set of responses to the problem of foreign affairs privatization.Contracting outUnited StatesDefense contractsUnited StatesPrivate military companiesUnited StatesContracting outDefense contractsPrivate military companies355.6/2120973Dickinson Laura A(Laura Anne)1471979MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789819603321Outsourcing war and peace3684556UNINA