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The politics of military megaprojects: discursive struggles in Canadian and Australian naval shipbuilding strategies

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  • Andrea Migone
  • Alexander Howlett
  • Michael Howlett

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Large-scale military platform procurement is an essential but understudied component of the policy studies of megaprojects. Procurement decisions in this area, from ships to aircraft, are examples of a specific type of often very expensive purchases which feature complex multi-actor and multiyear processes characterized by high degrees of conflict between actors over purchases and planning horizons. This study of military procurement efforts of this type demonstrates the importance of maintaining policy ‘alignment’ between governments and service providers for successful megaproject procurement to occur and suggests several strategies for accomplishing this that can be applied to similar large-scale but nondefense-related projects, ranging from hydroelectric dams to high-speed railway development.

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  • Andrea Migone & Alexander Howlett & Michael Howlett, 2023. "The politics of military megaprojects: discursive struggles in Canadian and Australian naval shipbuilding strategies," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 42(2), pages 226-244.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:polsoc:v:42:y:2023:i:2:p:226-244.
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