Private Military and Security Companies (eBook, ePUB)

Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations
Redaktion: Alexandra, Andrew; Caparini, Marina; Baker, Deane-Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Over the past twenty years, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) have become significant elements of national security arrangements, assuming many of the functions that have traditionally been undertaken by state armies. Given the centrality of control over the use of coercive force to the functioning and identity of the modern state, and to international order, these developments clearly are of great practical and conceptual interest.

This edited volume provides an interdisciplinary overview of PMSCs: what they are, why they have emerged in their current form, how they operate, their current and likely future military, political, social and economic impact, and the moral and legal constraints that do and should apply to their operation. The book focuses firstly upon normative issues raised by the development of PMSCs, and then upon state regulation and policy towards PMSCs, examining finally the impact of PMSCs on civil-military relations. It takes an innovative approach, bringing theory and empirical research into mutually illuminating contact. Includes contributions from experts in IR, political theory, international and corporate law, and economics, and also breaks important new ground by including philosophical discussions of PMSCs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134081868
• Artikelnr.: 42669431

Autorenporträt

Andrew Alexandra is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne Deane-Peter Baker is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and is also Director of the University of KwaZulu-Natal Strategic Studies Group. Marina Caparini is Senior Fellow in DCAF's Research Division, where she works on issues of accountability and oversight of the security sector.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Ethics and Governance of Private Military and Security
Companies Andrew Alexandra, Deane-Peter Baker and Marina Caparini Part 1:
Ethics 1. What Are Mercenaries? Uwe Steinhoff 2. Of 'Mercenaries' and
Prostitutes: Can Private Warriors be Ethical? Deane-Peter Baker 3.
Regulating Anarchy: The Ethics of PMCs in Global Civil Society Mervyn Frost
4. Benevolence, Honourable Soldiers, and Private Military Companies:
Reformulating Just War Theory Joseph Runzo 5. Private Security Companies
and Corporate Social Responsibility Christopher Kinsey Part 2: Policies and
Law 6. Mars Meets Mammon Andrew Alexandra 7. Private Military Companies:
Markets, Ethics, Economics Jurgen Brauer 8. Ruthless Humanitarianism: Why
Marginalizing Private Peacekeeping Kills People Doug Brooks and Matan
Chorev 9. Private Security Companies and Intelligence Provision Dominick
Donald 10. Private Actors and the Governance of Security in West Africa
Ade Ebo 11. Private Military/Security Companies: The Status of their Staff
and their Obligations under International Humanitarian Law and the
Responsibilities of States in Relation to their Operations Emanuela-Chiara
Gillard 12. Regulating Private Military and Security Companies: The U.S.
Approach Marina Caparini Part 3: Civil-Military Relations 13. Privatization
of Security, International Interventions and the Democratic Control of
Armed Forces Herbert Wulf 14. Privatized Peace? Assessing the Interplay
between States, Humanitarians, and Private Security Companies Christopher
Spearin 15. The Military and the Community: Comparing National Military
Forces and Private Military Companies Jessica Wolfendale 16. Interface
Ethics: Military Forces and Private Military Companies Asa Kasher 17. The
New Model Soldier and Civil-Military Relations Elke Krahmann