The markets for force : privatization of security across world regions / / edited by Molly Dunigan and Ulrich Petersohn

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.3/5
• Soggetto topico: Private security services; National security; Security sector
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): DuniganMolly; PetersohnUlrich
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diverse Markets for Force in Latin America: From Argentina to Guatemala -- 3. The Military Protection Markets in Peru and Ecuador: A Detailed Analysis -- 4. The Market for Force in the United Kingdom: The Recasting of the Monopoly of Violence and the Management of Force as a Public- Private Enterprise Carlos Ortiz -- 5. The Market for Private Force in the Czech Republic -- 6. Informal but Diverse: The Market for Exported Force from Russia and Ukraine -- 7. The Markets for Force in Afghanistan -- 8. China’s Managed Market for Force -- 9. The Canadian Market for Force -- 10. The Market for Force in the United States -- 11. The Causes and Consequences of Different Types of Markets for Force -- Appendix: Testing the Relative Explanatory Power of the “Market Types” Argument` -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: The Markets for Force examines and compares the markets for private military and security contractors in twelve nations: Argentina, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, China, Canada, and the United States. Editors Molly Dunigan and Ulrich Petersohn argue that the global market for force is actually a conglomeration of many types of markets that vary according to local politics and geostrategic context. Each case study investigates the particular characteristics of the region's market, how each market evolved into its current form, and what consequence the privatized market may have for state military force and the provision of public safety. The comparative standpoint sheds light on better-known markets but also those less frequently studied, such as the state-owned and -managed security companies in China, militaries working for private sector extractive industries in Ecuador and Peru, and the ways warlord forces overlap with private security companies in Afghanistan. An invaluable resource for scholars and policymakers alike, The Markets for Force offers both an empirical analysis of variations in private military and security companies across the globe and deeper theoretical knowledge of how such markets develop. Contributors: Olivia Allison, Oldrich Bures, Jennifer Catallo, Molly Dunigan, Scott Fitzsimmons, Maiah Jaskoski, Kristina Mani, Carlos Ortiz, Ulrich Petersohn, Jake Sherman, Christopher Spearin.
• Titolo autorizzato: The markets for force
• ISBN: 0-8122-9143-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463694903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II