| ID | 183832 |
| Title Proper | Contractors in Iraq |
| Other Title Information | Exploited Class or Exclusive Club? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Burland, Daniel ; Swed, Ori |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Corporate privatization of security has generated a neoliberal iteration of an old profession: the private military contractor. This development has revolutionized security policies across the globe while reviving old patterns of inequality. Following neoliberal logic, outsourcing fosters two types of employment: the exploitative and the exclusive. The first refers to low-status individuals hired en masse to perform menial labor; the second refers to experts who perform functions central to the employer’s mission. We contribute to this discussion by focusing on the qualifications of a different subsample of this industry: American contractors who died while performing military and security functions in Iraq. We assert that such American employees directly engaged in mission-essential combat and security functions better fit the employment category of an exclusive, expert sector at the core of the private military industry. |
| `In' analytical Note | Armed Forces and Society Vol. 48, No.1; Jan 2022: p.3-24 |
| Journal Source | Armed Forces and Society Vol: 48 No 1 |
| Key Words | Privatization ; Veterans ; Private Military and Security Contractors ; Precarious |