Private military and security companies as legitimate governors : from barricades to boardrooms / Berenike Prem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prem, Berenike, author.

Series:

Routledge private security studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private military companies--Political aspects.

Private military companies.

Non-governmental organizations--Political aspects.

Non-governmental organizations.

Integrated operations (Military science).

Security sector--Political aspects.

Security sector.

Security, International.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"This book examines the legitimation of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in security governance, focusing on the interaction between PMSCs and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). While existing studies disproportionately emphasise the ability of companies and their clients to dominate and shape perceptions of the industry, this book offers an alternative explanation for the oft-cited normalization of PMSCs and the trend to privatise security by analysing the changing relationship between PMSCs and NGOs. It introduces the concept of 'norm entrepreneurship' to reconstruct how the legitimation game between these two dissimilar actors plays out. Starting from the 1990s, the book shows that both PMSCs and NGOs have undergone a transition by literally moving from 'the barricades to the boardrooms'. Instead of launching fierce advocacy and PR campaigns, today both actors increasingly partner in multi-stakeholder initiatives, elevating the industry's status from an actor who was scorned to a partner in good standing. The work offers a comprehensive explanation of when and why this kind of collective norm entrepreneurship is likely to occur. This book will be of interest to students of private military and security companies, critical security studies, global governance, international norms, and International Relations." --Provided by publisher.

Contents:

PMSC-NGO interactions, legitimation, and norm entrepreneurship

The "first" PMSCs : just warriors or just mercenaries?

NGO discourse

the good, the bad, and the ugly

Business discourse : (re)framing PMSCs

Norm entrepreneurship in the Swiss initiative: from accounts to accountability

Norm entrepreneurship in the International Code of Conduct and the International Code of Conduct Association

Explaining norm entrepreneurship in multi-stakeholder initiatives

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-242) and index.

ISBN:

9781138330436

1138330434

OCLC:

1096229266