From Nationalization to Privatization
The Case of the IDF
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2340748 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy Seidman (Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 716-749 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Armed Forces & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0095327x10363780 |
| OpenAlex | W2113714342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 22 |
In recent years the use of private military contractors to execute national security tasks in the U.S. military has finally come under public scrutiny. The main policy question is in three parts: What is the proper division of labor between the public and private sectors? Who decides which sector performs a specific task? If private operatives perform tasks that typically fall on the public side (combat, interrogation), what is the public oversight over the private actors, and how can they be held accountable for wrongdoings? In this article these questions are addressed in relation to the privatization process in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The article has four parts: the first suggests that the Israeli baseline is unique as the IDF has historically been entrusted with a wide array of national-civilian missions; the second explains the economic realities that probably lie behind the privatization efforts; the third describes the slow and cautious privatization process currently under way; the fourth suggests that while there is little public debate, there is civilian oversight, there are some publicly exposed rationales, and there is public support in letting the IDF, the most trusted part of the executive branch, control the process
Baseline (sea · Business · Control (management · Economics · Government (linguistics · Interrogation · Management · National security · Political science · Private sector · Process (computing · Public relations · Public sector · Scrutiny · Task (project management · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |