Regulating US Private Security Contractors

• Main Author: Jezdimirovic Ranito, Jovana (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Security, International.; Politics and war.; Political science.; International relations.; International Security Studies.; Military and Defence Studies.; Governance and Government.; International Relations Theory.

This book explores different aspects of the regulation of private security contractors working for governments. The author specifically examines the US, identifying the obstacles that have hindered US regulatory outcomes. Theoretical discussions, supported by conceptual analysis of Bourdieu's T...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. How and Why We Must Care About Regulation?
• 3. Letting Go of Neoliberal Constraints: Learning from the Regulatory Process
• 4. Deconstructing Conventional Wisdom
• 5. Political, Bureaucratic, and Organizational Obstacles in Regulation of the PSCs
• 6. Conclusions.