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The Markets for Force : Privatization of Security Across World Regions.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812291438
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Markets for ForceDDC classification:
  • 355.3/5
LOC classification:
  • HV8290 .M375 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diverse Markets for Force in Latin America: From Argentina to Guatemala -- 3. The Military Protection Markets in Peru and Ecuador: A Detailed Analysis -- 4. The Market for Force in the United Kingdom: The Recasting of the Monopoly of Violence and the Management of Force as a Public-Private Enterprise -- 5. The Market for Private Force in the Czech Republic -- 6. Informal but Diverse: The Market for Exported Force from Russia and Ukraine -- 7. The Markets for Force in Afghanistan -- 8. China's Managed Market for Force -- 9. The Canadian Market for Force -- 10. The Market for Force in the United States -- 11. The Causes and Consequences of Different Types of Markets for Force -- Appendix: Testing the Relative Explanatory Power of the "Market Types" Argument -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: The Markets for Force compares the markets for private military and security services across the globe, examining how local markets evolve and interact with regional politics and geostrategic context.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diverse Markets for Force in Latin America: From Argentina to Guatemala -- 3. The Military Protection Markets in Peru and Ecuador: A Detailed Analysis -- 4. The Market for Force in the United Kingdom: The Recasting of the Monopoly of Violence and the Management of Force as a Public-Private Enterprise -- 5. The Market for Private Force in the Czech Republic -- 6. Informal but Diverse: The Market for Exported Force from Russia and Ukraine -- 7. The Markets for Force in Afghanistan -- 8. China's Managed Market for Force -- 9. The Canadian Market for Force -- 10. The Market for Force in the United States -- 11. The Causes and Consequences of Different Types of Markets for Force -- Appendix: Testing the Relative Explanatory Power of the "Market Types" Argument -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

The Markets for Force compares the markets for private military and security services across the globe, examining how local markets evolve and interact with regional politics and geostrategic context.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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