Armed Services in UK Law
- Book Review: Martin Edmonds, Armed Services and Society (Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1988, 226pp., £25.00)
- SOLDIER, SAILOR, BEGGARMAN, THIEF: CRIME AND THE BRITISH ARMED SERVICES SINCE 1914 by CLIVE EMSLEY and BLACK MARKET BRITAIN, 1939–1955 by MARK ROODHOUSE
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Impact of political-economy variables on cost growth in military weapon system contracts
For decades, cost growth in major military weapon system programs has been problematic. The result is a multitude of studies documenting internally focused causes of Department of Defense (DoD) acq...... ... President and Congress, and the liberal-conservative record of the Armed Services Committees. These political-economy constructs in both ... ...
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Book Reviews
Book review in this Article The Art of Judgment: A Study of Policy Making By Sir Geoffrey Vickers. The French Civil Service By R. Grégoire. The Image of the Civil Service By F. P. Kilpatrick, M. C...... ... Armed Services Hy John C.Ries. Johns Hopkins Press. London: Oxford ... ...
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The Revenue Support Grant A Betters Grants System?
'A Council's powers to raise taxes locally, and the grant it gets from the National Government should be designed to ensure that the Council can provide adequate services. They should also be desig...... ... should be designed to ensure that theCouncil can provide adequate services. They should also bedesigned to ensure that local electors know what the osts of theirservices are, so that armed with this knowledge they can influencethe spending decisions of their ... ...
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Power politics: Armed non-state actors and the capture of public electricity in post-invasion Baghdad
Scholars observe that armed non-state actors (NSAs) often provide social services to reinforce their popular support and legitimacy as guarantors of local order. On the other hand, NSAs usually fac...... ... ParreiraDepartment of Political Science, Stanford UniversityAbstractScholars observe that armed non-state actors (NSAs) often provide social services to reinforce their popular supportand legitimacy as guarantors of local order. On the other hand, NSAs usually face funding constraints that make ... ...
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Using Government Performance Management Data to Identify New Business Opportunities: Examples from Government Services Outsourcing in the United States
This article describes how the private sector can utilize government performance management data to identify business opportunities. Governments around the world today...... ... Armed with this information, private sector businessescan readily identify markets for their goods and services. IntroductionIn the modern business ... ...
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Assessing and addressing domestic abuse by Ex-armed service personnel
In the context that separate peer-led services are increasingly being developed to meet the needs of Ex-armed service personnel (Ex-asp) in the criminal justice system, we explore whether such serv...... ... services are increasingly being developed to meet the needs of Ex-armed service personnel (Ex-asp) in the criminal justice system, we ... ...
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State violence and participation in transitional justice: Evidence from Colombia
Can the legacy of state violence undermine participation in transitional justice services designed to consolidate peace after conflict? We argue that, in the aftermath of armed fighting, state-perp...... ... of state violence undermine participation in transitional justice services designed to consolidate peaceafter conflict? We argue that, in the th of armed fighting, state-perpetrated violence leads to reduced uptake ofgovernment ... ...
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Swedish Strategic Culture after 1945
This article examines the evolution of Swedish strategic culture during the twentieth century and up to the present.Although Sweden is the only Scandinavian country that ...... ... On paper, Swedenmaintained an impressive number of armed forces (850,000 men aftermobilization), although at the end of the Cold ... of an ofcers professional identity, the competitionwith the other services will constitute an important factor.Although service rivalry could be seen ... ...
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