Contract workers, risk, and the war in Iraq : Sierra Leonean labor migrants at US military bases /

"In 2003, just before the start of the US invasion of Iraq, military planners predicted that the mission's success would depend on using diverse sources for their workforce. While thousands of US troops were needed to secure victory in the field, large numbers of civilian contractors--many...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thomas, Kevin J. A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
Series:Human dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies ; 5.
Subjects:
2003-2011
Foreign workers > Government policy > United States.
Sierra Leoneans > Employment > Iraq.
Sierra Leoneans > Social conditions.
Sierra Leoneans > Economic conditions.
Military bases, American > Government policy > Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Sierra-Léonais > Conditions sociales.
Sierra-Léonais > Travail > Irak.
Travailleurs étrangers > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011.
Bases militaires américaines > Politique gouvernementale > Irak.
Sierra-Léonais > Conditions économiques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Foreign workers > Government policy
Military bases, American > Government policy
Iraq
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Risk and the determinants of labor migration
  • Social transitions, jobs, and migration in Sierra Leone
  • Recruiting workers and preparing for migration
  • Supporting the US mission in Iraq
  • The downsides of contract work
  • Return migration, reintegration, and "blood dollars"
  • Making migration work.

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