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The Sociology of Privatized Security (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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The Sociology of Privatized Security (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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The first book dedicated to the sociology of privatized security,
this collection studies the important global trend of shifting
security from public to private hands and the associated rise of
Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and their
contractors. The volume first explores the trend itself, making
important historical and theoretical revisions to the existing
social science of private security. These chapters discuss why
rulers buy, rent and create private militaries, why mercenaries
have become private patriots, and why the legitimacy of military
missions is undermined by the use of contractors. The next section
challenges the idea that states have a monopoly on legitimate
violence and questions our legal and economic assumptions about
private security. The collection concludes with a discussion of the
contractors themselves, focusing on gender, race, ethnicity, and
other demographic factors. Featuring a mix of qualitative and
quantitative methods and a range of theoretical and methodological
innovations, this book will inspire sociologists to examine, with
fresh eyes, the behind-the-scenes tension between the high drama of
war and conflict and the mundane realities of privatized security
contractors and their everyday lives.
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