The Sociology of Privatized Security

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Swed, Ori (Editor), Crosbie, Thomas (Editor)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Sociology.
Politics and war.
Political science.
Military and Defence Studies.
Political Science.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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