The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security

About this book

The flourishing role of the private sector in security management over the last twenty years has challenged state control of the legitimate use of force. Deborah Avant examines the privatization of security and its impact on the control of force. She describes the growth of private security companies, explains how the industry works, and describes its range of customers--including states, non-government organizations and commercial transnational corporations. Avant also charts the inevitable trade-offs that the market for force imposes on the states, firms and people wishing to control it, and suggests a new way to think about the control of force.

Details

Format

Hardcover

ISBN-13

9780521850261

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

August 4, 2005

Pages

328

Weight

20.2 oz

Subject

Business & Economics