Small arms survey 2011 : states of security /

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Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (vii, 319 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Language:English
Series:Small Arms Survey
Small Arms Survey.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830448
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Varying Form of Title:States of security
Other authors / contributors:Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland)
Small Arms Survey.
ISBN:9781139144902
1139144901
9780511979118
0511979118
9780521146869
0521146860
9780521197120
0521197120
Notes:At head of cover: A project of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2019).
Summary:Highlights the main trends and concerns in the changing relationship between private security providers and state security forces.
Other form:Print version: Small arms survey 2011. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521146869
Standard no.:9786613316561
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Larger but less known: authorized small arms transfers
  • 2. Fact or fiction? The UN small arms process
  • 3. Procurement and practice: police use of emerging weapons technology
  • 4. A booming business: private security and small arms
  • 5. Protected but exposed: multinationals and private security
  • 6. Ethos of exploitation: insecurity and predation in Madagascar
  • 7. Reforming the ranks: public security in a divided Cô̂te d'Ivoire
  • 8. Securing the state: Haiti before and after the earthquake
  • 9. Balancing act: regulation of civilian firearm possession.