The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security

Avant, Deborah D.

ISBN 10: 0521850266 / ISBN 13: 9780521850261

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2005

About this Item

In this book Deborah Avant examines the privatization of security and its impact on the control of force. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JKSW1; KJVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626. . 2005. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521850266
• ISBN 13: 9780521850261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Deborah D. Avant is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Global and International Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. She is the author of Political Institutions and Military Change: Lessons From Peripheral Wars (1994) and of numerous articles.