Procurement and Politics
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Given the complexity, expense and timescales involved in the government procurement of large-scale military platforms, such policy decisions deserve much more rigorous critical attention than they often receive. This timely book is a welcome addition to the existing literature. Providing thoroughly detailed comparative analysis of valuable case studies, this book more than delivers on its promise to expand our knowledge on the successes and failures of military procurement and delivers important lessons for future policy." ( Rebecca Strating , Director of La Trobe Asia and Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, La Trobe University, Australia.)"An outstanding examination of one of the more challenging defence issues of democratic states - procurement. As the international system becomes more dangerous Canada and Australia must ensure that it can buy and build the armed forces that it needs. This book provides one of the very best assessments of what is going wrong and what has gone right. A must read for analysts, decision-makers, academics and the concerned public." - ( Robert Huebert , Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Calgary, Canada.)
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Persons
Andrea Migone is Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. He has worked both in academia and the public service in the area of public policy, procurement and public administration.
Alexander Howlett is a Researcher at the Canadian War Studies Association. His research interests include military and naval history.
Michael Howlett
is Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He specializes in public policy analysis, political economy, and resource and environmental policy.
Content
1. Introduction: Procurement and Politics - The Defence Policy Consensus or Aligning Strategy and Policy is Necessary But Not Automatic.- 2. Procuring Advanced Weapon Systems and Platforms: Four Types of Procurement Considered.- 3. Failure Where Alignment is Lacking: Type 26 Frigate Procurement Processes in Australia Versus Canada, 1990-2022.- 4. The Significance of Politicization: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Procurement Processes in Canada and Australia 2000-2022.- 5. Analysis: Military Platform Procurement Strategies and the Need for Political and Doctrinal Alignment in Type 4 Purchases.- 6. Conclusion: Lessons from Military Procurement for Procurement Studies.