@article{ref1,
title="Soldier, contractor, trauma: the governance of post-traumatic stress disorder in the private military labour market",
journal="Illness, crisis and loss",
year="2019",
author="White, Adam",
volume="27",
number="4",
pages="274-292",
abstract="This article explores the governance of post-traumatic stress disorder among soldiers-turned-contractors in the private military labour market. Using original data relating to the UK case, it argues that this governance regime is best understood as a political economic process which transcends the public-private divide. On one side, post-traumatic stress disorder is managed as an economic issue--a calculation to be factored into the pursuit of profit maximization. On the other side, it is managed as a political or social issue--a component of the civil-military relationship in which state and society have a duty to care for all those who have served and sacrificed in defense of the nation. In other words, this process is shaped by--and gives shape to--the complex professional identity of the individuals under examination: they are private military contractors and, at the same time, armed forces veterans.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-1373",
doi="10.1177/1054137319834774",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054137319834774"
}