Labouring Under Fire: Nepali Security Contractors in Afghanistan

dc.contributor.author	Coburn, Noah
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-19T16:34:01Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-19T16:34:01Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.description.abstract	This paper explores some of the repercussions of Nepalese labour migration in times of conflict, arguing that security contracting shares much with other forms of migratory labour but also that the commodification of violence this process entails raises certain opportunities and risks for the contractor that neither the Nepali government nor the international community (and the US in particular) are addressing properly. The unique nature of neoliberal contracting and subcontracting during war times makes the state less relevant than the company managing the contracting in terms of defining the Nepali experience. At the same time, the lack of a transparent process around contracting jobs and how proper documentation, such as visas, is secured, put workers at a disadvantage and open to exploitation. Yet, it is also clear that some of these risky practices have become an essential aspect of the Nepali economy.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11209/10472
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, (CESLAM) Kathmandu, Nepal.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	;Report VIII, 9 789937 012430
dc.subject	Foreign workers, Nepali -- Foreign countries.	en_US
dc.subject	Nepali people -- Employment -- Foreign countries.	en_US
dc.title	Labouring Under Fire: Nepali Security Contractors in Afghanistan	en_US

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