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Kenneth Shaw
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DOI:10.17265/1537-1506/2015.07.005
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Kenneth Shaw, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Management and Marketing, State University of New York at Oswego, USA.
ABSTRACT
Since the advent of the U.S. Iraq war in 2003, there has seen an acceleration of functions and operations which used to be the province of government become increasingly privatized. The division of the world into public and private spheres is at the center of a debate over what the government’s role should be. This paper seeks to frame the debate between public and private roles regarding security issues. The military has been one area where there has never been a question of nation states outsourcing or privatizing. This paper will touch on the use of mercenaries and then discuss the growing use of corporate entities to supply what were considered to be traditional military activities and objectives.
KEYWORDS
privatization, mercenaries, private armies, security firms
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