The Dutch military mission in Uruzgan (2006-2010): Vidi, veni, mansi et pecuniam solvi? (I saw, I came, I stayed and I paid?) A focus on the role of the military expenditures in the debate of parliament, using the case of the Dutch Uruzgan mission (2006-2010) to analyse three important monitoring phases. Master Political Science 2010-2013 Thesis supervisor: Ms. E.C. Klopman BA Prof. dr. J.S. van der Meulen Campus The Hague- University of Leiden
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[email protected] Word count: 29.476 Contents Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 2 List of abbreviations ............................................................................................................................... 4 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Framework for analysis: economic understanding ......................................................................... 9 3. Dutch decision-making process and financing of military missions .............................................. 18 3.1. The decision-making process ................................................................................................ 18 3.2. Financing of military missions..............................................................................................