The Gendered and Colonial Lives of Gurkhas in Private Security

Explores the ways in which affect, colonial histories, and militarism organise global South security workforces within private military and security companies Advances the concept of militarism through empirically rich ethnographic insights of militarised communities outside the global NorthOffers feminist political economy insights into how labour is organised and sustained through global security regimes Draws upon 180 detailed interviews and 3 years of ethnographic fieldwork in Nepal and Kabu