States, citizens and the privatization of security /

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Author / Creator:Krahmann, Elke.
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11954719
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ISBN:9781139041966
1139041967
9781139042727
1139042726
9781139044592
1139044591
9780521110198
052111019X
9780521125192
0521125197
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-301) and index.
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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
Other form:Print version: Krahmann, Elke. States, citizens and the privatization of security. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521110198
Standard no.:10.1017/CBO9781139042727