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Securing the state, undermining democracy : internationalization and privatization of western militaries
Deitelhoff, Nicole; Geis, Anna - 2009
zunehmende Einsatz privater Sicherheitsunternehmen. Obwohl Internationalisierung und Privatisierung von Sicherheitspolitik in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857923
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The privatization of military and security services and the limits of contract law
Calderai, Valentina - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008937739
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The business of security and the transformation of the state
Deitelhoff, Nicole - 2009
a turn to security governance, one can observe trends of an internationalization and privatization of security. Of these … control the activities of private actors in the field of security, the more privatization proceeds. The working paper, firstly … address the question of its consequences for the state. The papers highlights that privatization stops short of transforming …
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The private production of defense
Hoppe, Hans-Hermann (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003087016
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Contracting Out to Private Military and Security Companies
Tzifakis, Nikolaos - 2013
The global trend for contracting out the supply of military and security services is growing. Security is being transformed from a service for the public or common good into a privately provided service. The present paper by Nikolaos Tzifakis argues that the implications of outsourcing security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090558
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Filartiga’s Legacy in an Era of Military Privatization
Dickinson, Laura - 2009
privatization? Are there available legal responses to what we might call the privatization of torture? In the Abu Ghraib prison in … state actors, privatization has been seen as potentially undermining constitutional oversight. Moreover, because many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159379
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The Power and Accountability of Private Military and Security Companies
Tonkin, Hannah - 2016
In this Chapter, Hannah Tonkin examines in detail the challenges that confront states in supervising and managing private military and security companies (PMSCs) effectively in the field, particularly in weak or conflict-prone states. Effective management of PMSCs is problematic and the stakes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993296
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Contracting Out War? Private Military Companies, Law and Regulation in the United Kingdom
Walker, Clive - 2018
It was Robert Nozick who, distinguishing the classical Liberal ‘night-watchman state' which protected citizens against violence and enforced contracts on their behalf, conjured instead the ‘ultraminimal state' in which the task of the state is confined to the monopolisation of violence...
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The Civil-Military Interface in 21st Century Armed Conflict – Private Military Contractors and the Principle of Distinction
Crawford, Emily - 2011
Private military and security contractors have been the focus of international attention in recent years, largely due to their prominent role in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Given the increased public scrutiny of private military and security contractors (PMSCs), there have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014178751
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The Second Largest Force : Private Military Contractors & State Responsibility
Wagner, Markus - 2010
The paper is concerned with private military contractors, their expanding use and the challenges this poses to a system in which private actors – at least so far – have been considered to be acting outside of existing international accountability structures. The paper proceeds from a brief...
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