What is it about?
The article is a summarized analysis of contractors in support roles within UN Peacekeeping Operations.
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Why is it important?
It explains the cultural and political paradoxes of the commercial partnership between the UN and Private Military and Security Companies from a sociological point of view.
Perspectives
In a few pages there is a definition of mercenaries and PMSC contractors, main reasons for the tendency to outsource some services in PKO, favorable arguments for the use of contractors and the challenges of legal and political oversight of vendors.
Dr Marina Malamud
Georgetown University
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This page is a summary of: Private Military and Security Companies in UN Missions, Peace Review, October 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/10402659.2014.972275.
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