Private security, public order : the outsourcing of public services and its limits /

Private actors are increasingly taking on roles traditionally arrogated to the state. Both in the industrialized North and the developing South, functions essential to external and internal security and to the satisfaction of basic human needs are routinely contracted out to non-state agents. In the...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Chesterman, Simon (HerausgeberIn)
Körperschaft:
New York University. Institute for International Law and Justice
Weitere Verfasser:
Fisher, Angelina (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Zusammenfassung:
Private actors are increasingly taking on roles traditionally arrogated to the state. Both in the industrialized North and the developing South, functions essential to external and internal security and to the satisfaction of basic human needs are routinely contracted out to non-state agents. In the area of privatization of security functions, attention by academics and policy makers tends to focus on the activities of private military and security companies, especially in thecontext of armed conflicts, and their impact on human rights and post-conflict stability and reconstruction. The first
Umfang:
1 online resource (563 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Includes index.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-172181-6
1-283-58040-3
9786613892850
0-19-158270-0
0-19-161027-5
Schlagworte:
Private security services > Law and legislation.
Police, Private.
Private military companies.
Security, International.
Mercenary troops.
National security.
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