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_aMARKUSEN, Ann R _922401 |
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245 | 1 | 0 | _aThe case against privatizing national security |
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_aOxford : _bBlackwell, _cOctober 2003 |
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520 | 3 | _aSince the mid-1990s, the U.S. Pentagon has accelerated efforts to outsource weapons, battlefield and base support operations, and troop training, invoking competition-based savings and better quality. I review the arguments for and against such privatization and summarize recent Pentagon outsourcing experience. I conclude that the current enthusiasm for privatization is driven largely by commercial concerns and lobbying rather than real gains to the nation and citizens, that it poses dangers of monopolization and undue political influence, and that current contracting practices lack verification and mandatory evaluation safeguards to deliver promised results | |
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_tGovernance: an International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions _g16, 4, p. 471-501 _dOxford : Blackwell, October 2003 _xISSN 0952-1895 _w |
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_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c14084 _d14084 |
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