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The market for force : = the consequences of privatizing security /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The market for force :/ Deborah D. Avant.
Reminder of title:	the consequences of privatizing security /
Author:	Avant, Deborah D.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Private security services. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490866
ISBN:	9780511490866 (ebook)

The market for force : = the consequences of privatizing security /
Avant, Deborah D.1958-

The market for force :the consequences of privatizing security /Deborah D. Avant. - 1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

1. Introduction -- 2. Private security and the control of force -- 3. State capacity and contracting for security -- 4. Dilemmas in state regulation of private security exports -- 5. Private financing for security and the control of force -- 6. Market mechanisms and the diffusion of control over force -- 7. Conclusion.

The legitimate use of force is generally presumed to be the realm of the state. However, the flourishing role of the private sector in security over the last twenty years has brought this into question. In this book Deborah Avant examines the privatization of security and its impact on the control of force. She describes the growth of private security companies, explains how the industry works, and describes its range of customers – including states, non-government organisations and commercial transnational corporations. She charts the inevitable trade-offs that the market for force imposes on the states, firms and people wishing to control it, suggests a new way to think about the control of force, and offers a model of institutional analysis that draws on both economic and sociological reasoning. The book contains case studies drawn from the US and Europe as well as Africa and the Middle East.

ISBN: 9780511490866 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

639664
Private security services.

LC Class. No.: HV8290 / .A83 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 363.28/9

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