<p>The purpose of this essay is to examine the development of the use of private security</p><p>contractors in Iraq. The reason is that there has been a considerable increase of the number of</p><p>private security firms operating in Iraq during the last couple of years. The legislation in the</p><p>field of private military and security is indistinct and my hypothesis is that the lack of national</p><p>and/or international legislation can be connected to the increased globalization. To come to</p><p>any conclusions about this I have chosen to make a comparative study between the two cases</p><p>the Gulf War and the War in Iraq which started in 2003. In this comparison, I ask the</p><p>following questions: 1) Are there any signs of anarchy in the field of private security during</p><p>the Gulf War respectively the last War in Iraq? 2) In what way has the use of private security</p><p>contractors changed from Case 1 to Case 2 ?</p><p>According to my research, there were signs of anarchy in the field of private security both</p><p>during the Gulf War and during the latest war in Iraq. The use of private security contractors</p><p>has been liberalized from Case 1 to Case 2. It is difficult to say exactly what kind of impact</p><p>the globalization has had on this liberalisation, but the increased outsourcing of military- and</p><p>security services would not have been possible without some kind of impact from the</p><p>globalization.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:kau-1628 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Rinman, Madeleine |
| Publisher | Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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