Private military and security companies : ethics, policies and civil-military relations /: ethics, policies and civil-military relations. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andrew Alexandra, Deane-Peter Baker and Marina Caparini.
• Other Names: Alexandra, Andrew, 1951-; Baker, Deane-Peter; Caparini, Marina
• Contents: Introduction: the ethics of 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 and economics / Jurgen Brauer ; 8. Ruthless humanitarianism: why marginalizing private peacekeeping kills people / Dough Brooks and Matan Chorev ; 9. Private security companies and intelligence provision / Dominick Donald ; 10. Private actors and the governance of security in West Africa / Adedeji 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 US 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 Spearing ; 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages), (1 illustrations)
• Subjects: 363.28/9; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security; Private security services; Police -- Contracting out; Mercenary troops; Civil-military relations; Privatization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781134081868; 1134081863
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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