Private security contractors and new wars : risk, law, and ethics / Kateri Carmola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carmola, Kateri, author.

Series:

Contemporary security studies.

Contemporary security studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private military companies.

Private security services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book addresses the ambiguities of the growing use of private security contractors and provides guidance as to how our expectations about regulating this expanding 'service' industry will have to be adjusted.In the warzones of Iraq and Afghanistan many of those who carry weapons are not legally combatants, nor are they protected civilians. They are contracted by governments, businesses, and NGOs to provide armed security. Often mistaken as members of armed forces, they are instead part of a new protean proxy force that works alongside the military in a multitude of shiftin

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The complex identity of the PMSC; 2 The multifaceted origins of the PMSC industry; 3 Contracting and danger in the risk society; 4 PMSCs and the clash of legal cultures; 5 Frontier ethics with a cosmopolitan goal; Epilogue: Problems and solutions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-15327-2

1-135-15328-0

1-282-57026-9

9786612570261

0-203-85689-9

9780203856895

OCLC:

607498640