PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES: ETHICS, POLICIES AND CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS/EDITED BY ANDREW ALEXANDRA, DEANE-PETER BAKER AND MARINA CAPARINI

dc.creator	Francois Vreÿ
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:58Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:58Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/36-1-48
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8180663a4b524500b8e6356b1e465c5a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8614
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/8180663a4b524500b8e6356b1e465c5a
dc.description	This publication contributes to a growing body of literature on a phenomenon, the<br />privatization of the means of coercion, that manifests on the international strategic<br />landscape. Whether a phenomenon one agrees with, or not, private military and<br />security companies form an rising and real feature within the daily life of<br />individuals, communities and states of the international system. International,<br />regional and national security, as well as the security of the individual is<br />increasingly entwined in services provided by private military and security<br />contractors. The editors accordingly acknowledge that “… [the] astonishing growth<br />of private and security companies (PMSCs) is clearly one of the most noteworthy<br />developments in national and international security arrangements …”.<br />The content of the publication covers three fields of enquiry: ethics, policies and<br />law, and civil-military relations and stems from a research programme sponsored by<br />South African, Australian and Swiss institutions. At the heart of the publication<br />resides the inherent conflict and controversy between private contractors and the<br />challenge they bring to traditional views regarding the regulation and operation of<br />the control over force and its application. Inherently the publication attempts to<br />contribute to the debate on how to regulate or control a new way of employing and<br />controlling instruments of violence in the international system.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/48
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 36, Iss 1 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES: ETHICS, POLICIES AND CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS/EDITED BY ANDREW ALEXANDRA, DEANE-PETER BAKER AND MARINA CAPARINI
dc.type	Article