The Sociology of Privatized Security

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Swed, Ori (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Crosbie, Thomas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Sociology.; Politics and war.; Political science.; Sociology, general.; Military and Defence Studies.; Political Science.

The first book dedicated to the sociology of privatized security, this collection studies the important global trend of shifting security from public to private hands and the associated rise of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and their contractors. The volume first explores the trend...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Why Privatize: The Reasons Rulers Today Buy, Rent, or Create Private Militaries
• 3. From Mercenaries to Private Patriots: Nationalism and the Private Military Contractors
• 4. Legitimacy Building in Policy and Practice: The Case of US Private Military and Security Contractors (PMSC) in Afghanistan
• 5. The Expansion of the U.S. Military's Civilian Periphery and Corollary Progressive Changes in U.S. Military Law
• 6. Reserves Forces and the Privatization of the Military by the Nation State
• 7. Making Markets Responsible: Revisiting the State's Monopoly on the Legitimate Use of Force
• 8. Gendered Companies, Gendered Security
• 9. The Specter and Labor of the Black Poor in South Africa's Private Security Industry
• 10. Who are the Private Military and Security Contractors? A window to a new profession
• 11. Trendlines: Privatization and the Future of War and Security.