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Coalition of the Hired : Privatizing Peacekeeping in Africa, a Different Solultion?

Andersson, Oscar LU (2011) MRSK30 20102
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
In Sierra Leone, civil war has affected the civilian population and the development of the country for long periods of time. In order to end the violence a number of military operations were conducted. This essay, dealing with internal and external regulatory instruments is used to put a case study of two operations in a larger context.

By developing efficient parameters and applying these to the case studies, a comparison of two of the operations, one conducted by Executive Outcomes, which is a private military company, and one conducted by a united nations peacekeeping force, UNAMSIL a discussion whether PMC operations should be used in future conflicts or even by the UN in its peacekeeping operations by answering my key question:

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In Sierra Leone, civil war has affected the civilian population and the development of the country for long periods of time. In order to end the violence a number of military operations were conducted. This essay, dealing with internal and external regulatory instruments is used to put a case study of two operations in a larger context.

By developing efficient parameters and applying these to the case studies, a comparison of two of the operations, one conducted by Executive Outcomes, which is a private military company, and one conducted by a united nations peacekeeping force, UNAMSIL a discussion whether PMC operations should be used in future conflicts or even by the UN in its peacekeeping operations by answering my key question:

When compared, which is the most effective security provider, and peacekeeper, Private Military Companies or UN peacekeeping forces? (Less)
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author
Andersson, Oscar LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSK30 20102
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
PMC, Sierra Leone, Executive Outcomes, Peacekeeping solutions, Private Military Corporations, Efficiency Comparison
language
English
id
1858348
date added to LUP
2011-03-25 17:26:48
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:53
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  abstract     = {{In Sierra Leone, civil war has affected the civilian population and the development of the country for long periods of time. In order to end the violence a number of military operations were conducted. This essay, dealing with internal and external regulatory instruments is used to put a case study of two operations in a larger context.

By developing efficient parameters and applying these to the case studies, a comparison of two of the operations, one conducted by Executive Outcomes, which is a private military company, and one conducted by a united nations peacekeeping force, UNAMSIL a discussion whether PMC operations should be used in future conflicts or even by the UN in its peacekeeping operations by answering my key question:

When compared, which is the most effective security provider, and peacekeeper,  Private Military Companies or UN peacekeeping forces?}},
  author       = {{Andersson, Oscar}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Coalition of the Hired : Privatizing Peacekeeping in Africa, a Different Solultion?}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}