Title States, citizens and the privatization of security / Elke Krahmann

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) : illustrations Contents State monopoly on collective violence and democratic control over military force -- The transformation of the state and the soldier -- United Kingdom: private financing and the management of security -- United States: shrinking the state, outsourcing the soldier -- Germany: between public-private partnerships and conscription -- Iraq and beyond: contractors in deployed operations -- The future of democratic security: contractorization or cosmopolitanism? Summary "Recent years have seen a growing role for private military contractors in national and international security. To understand the reasons for this, Elke Krahmann examines changing models of the state, the citizen, and the soldier in the UK, the US, and Germany. She focuses on both the national differences with regard to the outsourcing of military services to private companies and their specific consequences for the democratic control over the legitimate use of armed force. Tracing developments and debates from the late eighteenth century to the present, she explains the transition from the centralized warfare state of the Cold War era to the privatized and fragmented security governance, and the different national attitudes to the privatization of force. Details three country case studies, providing evidence for the key issues raised within the text. Each chapter includes a summary table to aid comparison between case studies and allow for easy reference. Provides proposals for the reform of civil-military relations"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-301) and index Notes Print version record Subject National security -- Case studies Security, International -- Case studies Contracting out -- Case studies Private military companies -- Case studies State, The -- Case studies Civil-military relations -- Case studies Democracy -- Case studies HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare. Civil-military relations Contracting out Democracy Military policy National security Private military companies Security, International State, The Privates Militärunternehmen Zivil-militärische Zusammenarbeit Internationaler Vergleich Militär Outsourcing Bewaffneter Konflikt Neoliberalismus Republikanismus Privatisierung -- Militär. Militär -- Privatisierung. Krieg -- Demokratie. Demokratie -- Krieg. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Military policy United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379 Germany -- Military policy Subject Germany Great Britain United States Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book LC no. 2009042810 ISBN 9781139041966 1139041967 9781139042727 1139042726 9781139044592 1139044591

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