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oapen-20.500.12657-639612023-07-15T02:48:37Z Procurement and Politics Migone, Andrea Howlett, Alexander Howlett, Michael Military procurement Advanced weapon platforms Strategic studies Military relations Defence studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPP Public administration bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence This open access book compares the experiences of large-scale military procurement in Canada and Australia. Focusing on the recent frigate and jet-fighter programmes, it demonstrates how delays suffered in delivering weapons systems and platforms in these countries have been caused by misalignments between the strategic requirements set out by the armed forces and government defence policies. By bringing the insights of public management and administration to those of defence studies, the book presents policy options that will help improve the nature of future large-project military procurement. It will appeal to scholars and students of public administration, public management, and defence studies, as well as practitioners and policymakers. 2023-07-14T15:43:25Z 2023-07-14T15:43:25Z 2023 book ONIX_20230714_9783031256899_40 9783031256899 9783031256882 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63961 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-25689-9.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-25689-9 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-25689-9 10.1007/978-3-031-25689-9 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 9783031256899 9783031256882 Palgrave Macmillan 156 Cham open access
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This open access book compares the experiences of large-scale military procurement in Canada and Australia. Focusing on the recent frigate and jet-fighter programmes, it demonstrates how delays suffered in delivering weapons systems and platforms in these countries have been caused by misalignments between the strategic requirements set out by the armed forces and government defence policies. By bringing the insights of public management and administration to those of defence studies, the book presents policy options that will help improve the nature of future large-project military procurement. It will appeal to scholars and students of public administration, public management, and defence studies, as well as practitioners and policymakers.
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