The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing SecurityThe 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 questioned this. 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 organizations 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, and suggests a new way to think about the control of force. |
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Contents
2 Private security and the control of force | 40 |
3 State capacity and contracting for security | 81 |
4 Dilemmas in state regulation of private security exports | 143 |
5 Private financing for security and the control of force | 178 |
6 Market mechanisms and diffusion of control over force | 219 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security, Deborah Denise Avant |
| Authors | Deborah D. Avant, Deborah D Avant |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0521615356, 9780521615358 |
| Length | 310 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / General Business & Economics / Government & Business Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General Political Science / General Political Science / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy Political Science / Reference |
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