Privatizing Peace From Conflict To Security

Author : Allan Gerson,Nat Colletta
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004480742

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Privatizing Peace: From Conflict to Security by Allan Gerson,Nat Colletta Pdf

Privatizing Peace: From Conflict to Security pinpoints the weaknesses in the numerous peacekeeping missions of recent decades, as well as the blind spots in the thinking that guided them. Even more significantly, they clearly demonstrate the ways in which well-meaning stabilization and reconstruction programs fail to accommodate the economic and social imperatives of war-torn societies. But this visionary work is not merely an indictment of First World myopia in the face of Third World devastation. The authors offer cogent, well-thought-out recommendations, firmly grounded in current reality, with a powerful determination to avoid the repetition of past mistakes. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Author : Wendy N. Whitman Cobb
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000095425

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Privatizing Peace by Wendy N. Whitman Cobb Pdf

This book explores the privatization of space and its global impact on the future of commerce, peace and conflict. As space becomes more congested, contested, and competitive in the government and the private arenas, the talk around space research moves past NASA’s monopoly on academic and cultural imaginations to discuss how Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is making space "cool" again. This volume addresses the new rhetoric of space race and weaponization, with a focus on how the costs of potential conflict in space would discourage open conflict and enable global cooperation. It highlights the increasing dependence of the global economy on space research, its democratization, plunging costs of access, and growing economic potential of space-based assets. Thoughtful, nuanced, well-documented, this book is a must read for scholars and researchers of science and technology studies, space studies, political studies, sociology, environmental studies, and political economy. It will also be of much interest to policymakers, bureaucrats, think tanks, as well as the interested general reader looking for fresh perspectives on the future of space.

Author : Jakkie Cilliers,Peggy Mason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073152899

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Peace, Profit Or Plunder? by Jakkie Cilliers,Peggy Mason Pdf

Bogen drejer sig om den stigende privatisering af krig og sikkerhed i Afrika og er baseret på behandlingen af emnet på en konference i Prætoria i marts 1998. Men snarere end at følge trenden fra oplægget til og resultaterne af konferencen har vægten fra udgivernes side været lagt på at udvælge sådanne bidragydere til bogen, at emneområderne blev analyseret og præsenteret fra forskellige synsvinkler. 11 personer har ud fra hver sin særlige ekspertise bidraget som forfattere: Cilliers; Lock; Malan; Cornwell; Pech; Douglas; Vines; Cleary; Sandoz; Fraser; Mason.

Author : H. Wulf
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230514812

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Internationalizing and Privatizing War and Peace by H. Wulf Pdf

In this timely work, the author analyzes the use of private military firms and international interventions of the military. Outsourcing to the private sector takes missions away from the military, but the shift towards international intervention adds new, wider functions to the traditional role of defence. If these two trends continue at the present pace, important security functions will be out of control of parliaments, national governments and international authorities. The state monopoly of violence - an achievement of civilization - is at stake.

Author : M. Patterson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780230246881

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Privatising Peace by M. Patterson Pdf

The history of United Nations peacekeeping is largely one of failure. This book puts a case for augmenting ad hoc peacekeepers with competent contract labour; and within the constraints of a new legal regime, supporting future operations with well-trained contractors who might subdue by force those who inflict gross human rights abuses on others.

Author : William J. Durch,Tobias C. Berkman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Peace
ISBN : 0977002322

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Who Should Keep the Peace? by William J. Durch,Tobias C. Berkman Pdf

Maintaining peace has traditionally been the job of nations but, as populations grow, distances shrink, borders leak, and belief systems clash, it has increasingly become a multinational, collaborative task. As evidence, consider the number of peace support operations (PSOs) now working in the world's least well-governed, most conflict-ridden regions and the growing number of institutions supporting them. This volume offers a critical "institutional performance review" of PSO security providers -- from the United Nations to the private sector -- comparing them on many dimensions, from legitimacy and deployment agility to firepower and staying power. Its concluding observations stress the risks of either privatizing peace or of making its rebuilding a largely military enterprise.

Author : Lindsey Cameron,Vincent Chetail
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107032408

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Privatizing War by Lindsey Cameron,Vincent Chetail Pdf

A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the international legal framework applying to private military and security companies in armed conflict.

Author : Robert Mandel
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Internal security
ISBN : 1588260666

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Armies Without States by Robert Mandel Pdf

The book concludes with an assessment of the complexities surrounding responses to security privatization - and an exploration of when, and whether, it should be promoted rather than prevented."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Lindsey Cameron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107172302

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The Privatization of Peacekeeping by Lindsey Cameron Pdf

This book sets out the legal issues surrounding privatized peacekeepers, and asks the essential questions for the debate going forward.

Author : Basu, Soumita,Kirby, Paul
Publisher : Bristol University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529207743

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New Directions in Women, Peace and Security by Basu, Soumita,Kirby, Paul Pdf

What does gender equality mean for peace, justice, and security? At the turn of the 21st century, feminist advocates persuaded the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that drew attention to this question at the highest levels of international policy deliberations. Today the Women, Peace and Security agenda is a complex field, relevant to every conceivable dimension of war and peace. This groundbreaking book engages vexed and vexing questions about the future of the agenda, from the legacies of coloniality to the prospects of international law, and from the implications of the global arms trade to the impact of climate change. It balances analysis of emerging trends with specially commissioned reflections from those at the forefront of policy and practice.

Author : Rob McRae,Don Hubert
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773569300

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Human Security and the New Diplomacy by Rob McRae,Don Hubert Pdf

Written by diplomatic practitioners, Human Security and the New Diplomacy is a straightforward account of challenges already overcome and the prospect for further progress. From the evolution of peace-keeping, to peacebuilding, humanitarian intervention, war-affected children, international humanitarian law, the International Criminal Court, the economic agendas of conflict, transnational crime, and the emergence of connectivity and a global civil society, the authors offer new insights into the importance of considering these issues as part of a single agenda. Human Security and the New Diplomacy is a case-study of a major Canadian foreign policy initiative and a detailed account of the first phase of the human security agenda. The story of Canada's leading role in promoting a humanitarian approach to international relations, it will be of interest to foreign policy specialists and students alike. Contributors include David Angell, Alan Bones, Michael Bonser, Terry Cormier, Patricia Fortier, Bob Fowler, Elissa Goldberg, Mark Gwozdecky, Sam Hanson, Paul Heinbecker, Eric Hoskins, Don Hubert, David Lee, Dan Livermore, Jennifer Loten, Rob McRae, Valerie Ooterveld, Victor Rakmil, Darryl Robinson, Jill Sinclair, Michael Small, Ross Snyder, Carmen Sorger, and Roman Waschuk.

Author : Željko Branović
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Failed states
ISBN : 9292221582

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The Privatization of Security in Failing States by Željko Branović Pdf

Author : Lindsey Cameron,Vincent Chetail
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107328686

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Privatizing War by Lindsey Cameron,Vincent Chetail Pdf

A growing number of states use private military and security companies (PMSCs) for a variety of tasks, which were traditionally fulfilled by soldiers. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the law that applies to PMSCs active in situations of armed conflict, focusing on international humanitarian law. It examines the limits in international law on how states may use private actors, taking the debate beyond the question of whether PMSCs are mercenaries. The authors delve into issues such as how PMSCs are bound by humanitarian law, whether their staff are civilians or combatants, and how the use of force in self-defence relates to direct participation in hostilities, a key issue for an industry that operates by exploiting the right to use force in self-defence. Throughout, the authors identify how existing legal obligations, including under state and individual criminal responsibility should play a role in the regulation of the industry.

Author : Deborah D. Avant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139446541

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The Market for Force by Deborah D. Avant Pdf

The legitimate use of force is generally presumed to be the realm of the state. However, the flourishing role of the private sector in security over the last twenty years has brought this into question. In this book 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 organisations and commercial transnational corporations. She charts the inevitable trade-offs that the market for force imposes on the states, firms and people wishing to control it, suggests a new way to think about the control of force, and offers a model of institutional analysis that draws on both economic and sociological reasoning. The book contains case studies drawn from the US and Europe as well as Africa and the Middle East.

Author : Andreas Wenger,Robert Orttung,Jeronim Perovic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134188901

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Russian Business Power by Andreas Wenger,Robert Orttung,Jeronim Perovic Pdf

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has developed a powerful business community and a potent network of transnational organized groups. Russian Business Power explores the powerful impact these new actors are having on the evolution of the Russian state and its foreign behaviour. Unlike other books, which focus either on Russia's foreign and security policy, or on the evolution of Russian business, legal and illegal, within the context of Russia's domestic transition, this book considers how far Russia's foreign and security policy is shaped by business. It considers a wide range of issues, including energy, the arms trade, international drug flows, and human trafficking, and examines the impact of Russian business in Russia's dealings with Western and Eastern Europe, the Caspian, the Caucasus and the Far East.