Private military and security contractors : controlling the corporate warrior / edited by Gary Schaub Jr. and Ryan Kelty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schaub, Gary, Jr., 1969- editor.

Kelty, Ryan, 1971- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private military companies (International law).

Private military companies--Law and legislation.

Private military companies.

Private security services--Law and legislation.

Private security services.

Physical Description:

vi, 432 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

Summary:

In Private Military and Security Contractors a Multinational Team of Scholars and experts address a developing phenomenon: controlling the use of privatized force by states in international politics. The volume presents a theoretically-informed synthesis of micro- and macro-levels of analysis, offering new insights into the challenges of controlling the agents of organized violence used by states for scholars and practitioners alike. Book jacket.

Contents:

From making to buying : controlling the coercive capacities of the corporate warrior / Gary Schaub, Jr. and Ryan Kelty

Mercenaries or legitimate actors? : South African regulation of PMSCs / Shannon Bosch, Marelie Maritz, and Matthew Kimble

Privatizing the Israeli defense forces : retracing the public's private divide / Guy I. Seidman

Private security and Somali piracy : the challenges of the maritime marketplace / Christopher Spearin

Controlling the corporate warrior in Iraq / David Strachan-Morris

ISAF, Inc.? : private military and security companies and the Afghan "surge" / David Perry

The UK approach to controlling private military and security contractors / Eugenio Cusumano and Christopher Kinsey

Industry associations and the regulation of private military and security companies / Surabhi Ranganathan

Establishing industry norms : ISOA / Doug Brooks, Andrew Koch, and Gary Schaub, Jr.

The Montreux Document : the legal significance of a non-legal instrument / Ian Ralby

Contractor identity : military professional practice and the evolution of the modern soldier / Volker Franke

Brothers in arms? : identity, military professionals, and armed contractors / Gary Schaub, Jr.

A boots-eye view of civilian contractors / Ryan Kelty

Weaving a new tapestry : controlling corporate warriors / Gary Schaub, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Private military and security contractors.

ISBN:

9781442260214

1442260211

9781442260221

144226022X

OCLC:

939277889