TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Soldier, contractor, trauma: the governance of post-traumatic stress disorder in the private military labour market
JO  - Illness, crisis and loss
A1  - White, Adam
SP  - 274
EP  - 292
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-1373
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054137319834774
ID  - ref1
ER  -