Private military and security contractors : controlling the corporate warrior / edited by Gary Schaub 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:

1 online resource (440 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Private Military and Security Contractors (PMSCs) a multinational team of scholars and experts address a developing phenomenon: controlling the use of privatized force by states in international politics. Robust analyses of the evolving, multi-layered tapestry of formal and informal mechanisms of control address the microfoundations of the market, such as the social and role identities of contract employees, their acceptance by military personnel, and potential tensions between them. The extent and willingness of key states--South Africa, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Israel--to monitor and enforce discipline to structure their contractual relations with PMSCs on land and at sea is examined, as is the ability of the industry to regulate itself. Also discussed is the nascent international legal regime to reinforce state and industry efforts to encourage effective practices, punish inappropriate behavior, and shape the market to minimize the hazards of loosening states' oligopolistic control over the means of legitimate organized violence. 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.

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-6023-8