The Governance of Private Security

• Main Author: Boggero, Marco (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, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Security, International.; Political science.; Peace.; Political economy.; Public safety.; International humanitarian law.; International Security Studies.; Governance and Government.; Conflict Studies.; International Political Economy.; Crime Control and Security.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.

This book offers new insights and original empirical research on private military and security companies (PMSCs), including China's negotiation approach to governance, an account of Nigeria's first engagement with regulatory cooperation under the threat of Boko Haram, and a study of PMSCs...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Swiss Initiative
• 3. The United Nations as Actor of Governance
• 4. Testing PMSC Norms
• 5. Designing Institutions: The Role of the State in Voluntary Regulation
• 6. Contestation or Accomodation
• 7. Nigeria's Engagement
• 8. State and Non-State Choices in Liberia
• 9. Sierra Leone: Continuity and Change
• 10. Ideas and Interests in Africa
• 11. Conclusions.